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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's Tiananmen vigil organisers convicted by court

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Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.

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Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers national security case

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A Hong Kong court has convicted and sentenced Tiananmen vigil organizers Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho to prison terms of about five to seven years for inciting subversion under the national security law imposed by Beijing.

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The convicted Tiananmen vigil organizers—Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho—were sentenced to prison terms of about five to seven years, resolving earlier uncertainty over whether two or three people had been convicted.

In this event Organizers of Hong Kong Vigils for Tiananmen Massacre Sentenced to Prison Earlier coverage

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BBC Published 21 August 2026

Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists guilty in national security trial

Sky Published 21 August 2026

Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organisers convicted by court

Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.

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