Former Hong Kong vigil organizer strives to mark Tiananmen crackdown despite convictions
The court said the alliance’s slogan sought to instigate hostility toward the Chinese Communist Party, and the defendants face up to 10 years in prison.
- On Friday, Hong Kong's High Court convicted former legislator Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and lawyer Chow Hang-tung, 41, of inciting subversion under the national security law, with both facing up to 10 years in prison.
- Beijing imposed the national security law in 2020 to criminalize subversion, effectively dismantling the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China following the 2019 pro-democracy protests.
- Prosecutors argued the alliance's slogan calling to "end one-party" system in China instigated hostility toward the Chinese Communist Party, a position the court upheld as undermining the political system.
- Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Fernando Cheung called the ruling a campaign to "punish people for peacefully remembering" the crackdown, while Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks labeled the pair "prisoners of conscience."
- For decades, Victoria Park hosted annual candlelight vigils for the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, drawing tens of thousands until the 2019 event marked the final major gathering before the 2020 security law criminalized such commemorations.
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Despite Convictions, Activist Marks Tiananmen Horrors
Tang Ngok-kwan still occasionally visits the places where Hong Kong once publicly remembered Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Although his fellow activists were locked up in prison, accused of inciting subversion, and an annual candlelight vigil they previously organized to mourn the crackdown's victims vanished, the 58-year-old continues to personally...
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Independent EspañolFormer Vigil Organizer in Hong Kong Seeks to Commemorate Tiananmen Despite Sentences · Global Voices
HONG KONG (AP) — Tang Ngok-kwan still occasionally visits the places where Hong Kong once publicly recalled the 1989 repression of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Hong Kong activist quietly marks Tiananmen as vigil organisers are convicted
Hong Kong activist Tang Ngok-kwan continues to quietly mark the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown as two former vigil organisers were convicted under the national security law. The case deepens fears that public remembrance and civil freedoms in Hong Kong are steadily shrinking.
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Former Hong Kong vigil organizer strives to mark Tiananmen crackdown despite convictions
Years after Hong Kong’s annual vigil for the Tiananmen Square crackdown ended, former organizer Tang Ngok-kwan still discreetly visits former memorial sites in the city.
Guilty Verdicts for 2 Hong Kong Organizers of Tiananmen Vigils Spark Global Condemnation
The guilty verdicts delivered by a Hong Kong court against two organizers of the city’s annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have drawn condemnation from governments worldwide, which called the decisions politically motivated and further evidence of the diminishing freedom in the communist-controlled territory. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, face up to 10 years in prison after being convicted of incitement t…
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