FILE - Protesters show a banner "Librate Hong Kong, Revolution of out time," left, and "Hong Kong Independence" in a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong, on June 9, 2020. Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday, March 7, 2024 in a landmark case under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
FIEL - Tam Tak-chi, center, one of the 47 pro-democracy Hong Kong activists, is escorted by Correctional Services officers in Hong Kong, on March 2, 2021. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday, March 7, 2024 upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam, the first person tried under the city's sedition law since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)