Hong Kong Jails Tiananmen Vigil Leaders for Seven Years
Two leaders of the Tiananmen vigil organizing committee in Hong Kong have been jailed for seven years for inciting subversion under national security laws. The sentencing reinforces the government's strict control over public assemblies related to the 1989 crackdown.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown.
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Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case Two pro-democracy activists who were put on trial for organising an annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong have been sentenced to seven years in jail, in one of the city’s most significant national security cases. Chow Hang-tung, 41 and Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, were found guilty in August of incitement to subversion. The court found they had “...
By Danny Vincent in Hong Kong
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Lee and Chow, the former chair and former vice-chair of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, have been in custody since 2021
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