{
  "id": 19603965,
  "title": "UK eases BN(O) visa barriers for Hong Kong protesters convicted over 2019 unrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/uk-eases-bn-o-visa-barriers-for-hong-kong-protesters-convicted-over-19603965",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3374161/uk-eases-bno-visa-barriers-hong-kong-protesters-convicted-over-2019-unrest"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The UK government has confirmed that convictions linked to Hong Kong’s 2019 protests should generally not prevent otherwise eligible applicants from using the British National (Overseas) visa scheme, following reports that several convicted protesters had their applications rejected. In a letter on Wednesday to Alex Sobel, chairman of the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, Home…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "How Harinder Veriah became part of Hong Kong’s push for racial equality",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/how-harinder-veriah-became-part-of-hong-kongs-push-for-racial-equality",
        "published": "2026-11-11T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}