Hong Kong Convicts Editors Over Articles on Democracy Activists.

Two former editors of the pro-democracy publisher Stand News in Hong Kong have been found guilty of sedition charges for publishing articles about pro-democracy activists. This is the first sedition case involving a media outlet since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule. The trial is seen as a test of press freedom in the city following the implementation of a national security law in response to protests in 2019. The court ruled that some of the articles had "seditious intentions" and attacked the national security law and Beijing authorities. The conviction has drawn criticism from a local press union and the US government, who called it a direct attack on media freedom. The case highlights the decline of press freedom in Hong Kong, which has seen a wave of departures of top foreign judges and a crackdown on independent media outlets. [Extracted from the article]