Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists guilty in national security trial

Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.

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Hong Kong court convicts activists who organized Tiananmen vigil

Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, led the Hong Kong Alliance, a group that organized annual vigils before it was disbanded. They could face up to ten years in prison.

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security law Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 were found guilty of “incitement to subversion”, in a case widely criticised as exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the Chinese city. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41 “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unl...

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Tiananmen Square vigil organizers convicted of 'inciting subversion' in Hong Kong

Two former organizers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday in a national security case brought under a China-imposed law that has effectively crushed the city's previously thriving pro-democracy movement.

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Hong Kong convicts Tiananmen vigil leaders

The two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists were found guilty of inciting subversion. The high-profile case has been widely criticized for highlighting the deterioration of freedom of expression.

Organizers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil convicted in national security case

Two activists were found guilty of inciting subversion and face up to a decade in prison

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Two organisers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils charged for inciting subversion

Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre were convicted for "incitement to subversion". Three government-vetted judges ruled that Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung had "incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power."

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Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers convicted of inciting subversion

Hong Kong convicts Tiananmen vigil leaders

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The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in national security trial

A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organized annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of "incitement to subversion" on Friday.

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Hong Kong court convicts Tiananmen vigil group of inciting subversion

Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, are charged with 'inciting subversion of state power' that carries punishment of up to 10 years in jail under a China-imposed National Security Law

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Hong Kong Convicts Activists in National Security Trial

Two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists in Hong Kong were found guilty of subversion, drawing criticism over deteriorating freedom of expression.

Hong Kong convicts activists in national security trial

A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists tried under Beijing's controversial national security law for "incitement to...

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