A Hong Kong court will sentence dozens of former democracy advocates in the city’s largest national security trial, a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and attract condemnation from Western governments.

A Hong Kong court sentenced former democracy advocate Benny Tai to 10 years in prison, the longest sentence ever meted out using a China-imposed security law, in a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and attract condemnation from Western governments.

It's Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.