translated from Spanish: Hong Kong activists on trial for riots of umbrella

Hong Kong.-three veterans of the movement Hong Kong pro-democracy pleaded not guilty Monday at the opening of his trial for disturbing the public order during the “revolt of the for” guas’ for 2014.  The three men and six others accused, deputies, leading students and activists are being tried for three weeks for his role in the huge demonstrations that demanded, in vain, political reform in Beijing. They could face up to seven years in prison.  

Veteran activists could be sentenced to seven years in prison. | AP the defendants were greeted upon arrival at the Court by hundreds of supporters, who cheered them shouting “peaceful resistance!” or “I want a real universal suffrage!”.  

Chan Kin-man, 59, Professor of sociology; Benny Tai, 54-year-old Professor of law and Chu Yiu-ming, 74, Baptist pastor, founded in 2013 the “Central Occupy” movement.  The aim of this was to occupy the business district of Hong Kong if he is not established a universal suffrage to elect the President of the local government, currently appointed by a Beijing-friendly Committee.  These veterans were joined crowd of young people and the student movement, and the situation exploded in the fall of 2014, when the police resorted to tear gas against protesters, who were protected with umbrella.  

The activists accused of disruption of public order during the “revolt of the umbrella”. | AFP the trio Occupy urged the population to join the movement, which paralyzed districts of one of the world capitals of finance for more than two months.  Since then, activists are being processed by the Ministry of Justice, and some are prison sentences. Some were disabled to run for any public office. The Prosecutor, Andrew Bruce, stressed that the demonstrations caused “damages to the inhabitants” and added that defendants supported “the illegal blocking of public places and traffic routes”.  Professor Chan delivered a farewell speech last week with more than 600 people in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he teaches more than 20 years.  
Whenever they do not crush the prison and trials and not let us invade for the frustration and anger, we will make us stronger and inspire others, he said, announcing his retirement early next year.  

Under the principle of “one country, two systems” which was established for the retrocession of Hong Kong by Britain in 1997, the administrative region has in the role different rights to of China, including freedom of expression. But many perceive more marked control of Beijing in Hong Kong Affairs and a decrease in freedoms. 
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