Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil organisers convicted in national security case
Two prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, have been convicted of inciting subversion under a national security law. The conviction relates to their role in organizing annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Why it matters
The case underscores the ongoing suppression of political dissent and the erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong under Beijing's influence.
Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan (left) and Chow Hang-tung (right) attend a gathering to mourn those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in June, 2020. ( AP Photo: Kin Cheung, File )
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung have been convicted in a case brought under a China-imposed national security law.
The pair were former organisers of Hong Kong's vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Other activists have been jailed under the same law, including pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
Link copied Share Share article Two former organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted of incitement to subversion.
The decision was handed down on Friday, local time, 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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