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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Organizers Sentenced to Prison

Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists—Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho—were sentenced to between five and seven years in prison for organizing annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The convictions were handed down under a national security law imposed on the city by Beijing and have drawn condemnation from the United Nations, human rights groups and foreign governments.

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The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

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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.

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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prisonNPR – World
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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

Organizers of Hong Kong Vigils for Tiananmen Massacre Sentenced to PrisonNYTimes – World
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Organizers of Hong Kong Vigils for Tiananmen Massacre Sentenced to Prison

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Hong Kong gives Tiananmen vigil activists between 5 and 7 year

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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 Two pro-democracy activists who were put on trial for organising an annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong have been sentenced to seven years in jail, in one of the city’s most significant national security cases. Chow Hang-tung, 41 and Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, were…

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