Hong Kong Court to Deliver Verdict for 2 Prominent Former Tiananmen Vigil Organizers
- On Friday, a Hong Kong court is expected to deliver a verdict in the subversion trial of former Hong Kong Alliance leaders Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, who organized an annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
- Beijing-Imposed security laws, enacted after 2019 protests, led to the prosecution of the pair; the Hong Kong Alliance, which organized Tiananmen vigils for three decades, disbanded in 2021 as authorities targeted pro-democracy groups.
- Prosecutors argued the activists incited others to topple China's fundamental system through calls for "ending one-party rule," while the defense denied these allegations, maintaining the slogan advocated for democracy rather than illegal overthrow.
- If convicted by three judges, the activists face up to 10 years in prison; their co-defendant Albert Ho, a former vigil organizer, previously entered a guilty plea, typically resulting in reduced sentencing.
- Critics consider this case a litmus test for Hong Kong's civil rights and judicial independence, as Chow, defending herself as a barrister, warned the court risks becoming an accomplice if it fails to gatekeep against overreach.
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For years, Chow Hangtung and Lee Cheuk-yan have organized vigils for the Tiananmen Square massacre. A Hong Kong court has now sentenced them.
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung were found guilty of incitement to subversion. On the island the memory of this bloody chapter of Chinese history had always resisted, but China for six years now has imposed silence on the massacre of ...89 also here
For a long time, people in Hong Kong recalled the bloody suppression of the protests in Beijing in 1989. Two former organisers have now been sentenced. Germany and France demand their immediate release.
Sud u Hongkongu danas je proglasio krivima dvojicu bivših organizatora godišnje komemoracije povodom masakra na Trgu Tjenanmen u Pekingu za podsticanje na rušenje kineskog komunističkog rukovodstva.
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