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Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
Two or three organisers of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigil have been convicted under a national security law introduced by China, in a trial for inciting subversion of state power. The verdicts were reported on 21 August 2026.
Sky News – World Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
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.
BBC News – World Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
Sky News – World Two organisers of Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted under a controversial national security law.
BBC News – World Caleb Flynn, a former music pastor and 2013 "American Idol" contestant, has been convicted of murdering his wife, Ashley, in their Ohio home. Prosecutors said he shot her in February and tried to blame the killing on a break-in. Flynn wept in court as the verdict was delivered. The trial drew wide attention because of his past television appearance.
BBC News – World US prosecutors have reopened an investigation into a former Cornell University student's allegation that seven fraternity members drugged and gang-raped her in 2024. The case was revived after the woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit accusing Cornell of failing to protect her. Excerpts of text messages reportedly involving a defendant and the woman were published by CBS News on Tuesday, including one in which an unnamed male defendant appeared to apologize days after the alleged assault. The prosecutor is continuing the probe as the campus reacts.
Sky News – World King Mohammed VI of Morocco appointed Fatima Mansouri as the country's first female prime minister following her party's election victory. Mansouri, a lawyer and politician from the centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party, previously served as mayor of Marrakesh and member of parliament. She is only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.
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