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Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Catholics ‘caught between the hammer and the anvil’

News: Hong Kong, China

The Pillar
Apr 19, 2021
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Catholics in the Diocese of Hong Kong remain divided and anxious after several civil rights activists were sentenced to prison terms on Friday for attending a prayer rally in 2019. 

Catholic businessman and media owner Jimmy Lai was sentenced April 17 to spend a total of 14 months in prison, as sentences were passed in two separate cases against him. 

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