Hong Kong Court Sentences 12 to Jail Over Storming of Legislature in 2019 Protests
• A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people to up to 7 years in jail for storming the city's legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests
• The 12 were convicted of rioting and other offenses like criminal damage for the incident on July 1, 2019, the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China
• Hundreds of protesters broke windows and sprayed graffiti in the legislature that night in the most violent episode of the protests challenging Beijing
• The jail terms range from 54 to 82 months after reductions for mitigating factors like guilty pleas
• The 2019 protests were triggered by a bill allowing extraditions to China and grew into a wider pro-democracy movement with over 10,000 arrests