An explainer details the ongoing national security crackdown in Hong Kong, highlighting key developments in February 2026, including the sentencing of Jimmy Lai and the dismissal of appeals for 12 activists.

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal is set to deliver its verdict on 12 opposition activists appealing their convictions or sentences from the city's largest national security trial.

A Hong Kong court has dismissed appeals by 12 opposition activists, upholding their convictions and sentences in the city’s largest national security case, ruling that an unofficial 2020 primary election was subversive.

A Hong Kong appellate court is scheduled to announce its verdict on February 23 concerning the appeals of 12 activists convicted of conspiring to subvert state power.

A court in Hong Kong has upheld the jailing of 12 pro-democracy activists and politicians involved in the 'Hong Kong 47' subversion case, stemming from mass arrests in early 2021.