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.

STORY: Dozens of pro-democracy campaigners are to be sentenced Tuesday in Hong Kong, drawing to an end a marathon trial of 47 democrats in a subversion case that has lasted years.Emilia Wong is the girlfriend of one of the defendants,

A Hong Kong court will this week sentence 45 democratic campaigners in a major national security trial, with potentially heavy jail terms poised to further damage the financial hub's once lively pro-democracy movement,

Police have stepped up security since the weekend, ahead of final hearing in biggest prosecution under Beijing-decreed national security law.

Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists will be sentenced later this week in a years-long subversion trial that has spotlighted what critics say are erosions to the city's freedoms under a China-imposed national security law.