A Hong Kong court found 14 out of 16 pro-democracy activists guilty of conspiring to subvert the state in the territory’s largest single case under a national security law imposed by Beijing.

The defendants found guilty, who could be sentenced to life in prison, are among 47 politicians and other pro-democracy figures who were charged. Critics say the trial symbolizes a decline of freedoms in the international financial hub amid a crackdown on dissent following anti-government protests in 2019.