Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the biggest case under a national security law that critics say has crushed political activism in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Hundreds queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong court ahead of the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty pro-democracy movement and drawn international criticism.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has condemned the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists by the Hong Kong High Court on Tuesday, 19 November.The 45 activists were among 55 arrested in January 2021, with 47 officially charged with 'conspiracy to commit subversion' under the