Tiananmen Square vigil organisers jailed for seven years in Hong Kong
Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case
TL;DR
- Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan sentenced to seven years in jail for organizing Tiananmen Square vigil.
- Found guilty of incitement to subversion under Hong Kong's national security law.
- The Hong Kong Alliance, which organized the vigil for decades, disbanded after the national security law was imposed.
- Albert Ho, another former lawmaker involved, received a sentence of five years and two months.
- The court ruled that the slogan 'end one-party dictatorship' intended to cause distrust in the Chinese Communist party.
- The case has drawn condemnation from foreign governments and human rights groups.
- Hong Kong was once one of the only places on Chinese soil where public vigils for the 1989 crackdown were permitted.
- The national security law has been criticized for stifling dissent and transforming the city.