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Beijing is breaching Hong Kong’s final line of defense: its judiciary
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When 12 Hong Kong democracy activists fled the city by boat to escape what they feared would be targeted prosecutions for their role in last year’s protests, they ended up in a far worse situation: on trial in mainland China.For months their families in Hong Kong have lobbied to bring the twelve back home to a judicial system that still commands a deep level of trust for its independence even as it’s become ever clearer that the other institutions of Hong Kong’s government—its executive and legislature—are now fully aligned with Beijing.  “I honestly never thought we would get to this stage,” said one member of the legal community in November, declining to be named due to the sensitivity of

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