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Macau jails pro-democracy campaigner in city's first national security case

BBC World News·November 6, 2026·1 min read
Macau jails pro-democracy campaigner in city's first national security case

Macau sentenced pro-democracy campaigner Au Kam San to 12 years and six months in prison for "subversion against the political power of the state," in the city's first national security case. The ruling marks the territory's first conviction under its national security law, jailing a prominent democracy advocate for more than a decade.

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