Thousands of people have been arrested during Hong Kong's protests, and it will be years before the courts get through the cases, leaving people in legal limbo and facing potential jail terms.
'Jimmy' is not sleeping so well these days. At night the 15-year-old boy's mind dwells on the 30 hours he spent in police detention after being arrested during a Hong Kong protest in October.More than 900 people have been charged and must face court"When I sleep at night what happened to me comes back to me. I have nightmares," Jimmy, as we've agreed to call him, said.
The maximum penalty for unlawful assembly in Hong Kong is three to five years in jail, while wearing a mask is punishable by up to a year in prison.
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