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Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils organisers convicted in national security case

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 73 words · By Video by Camille Corcoran
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Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted by government-approved judges Friday for inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership.

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What happened

Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted by government-approved judges Friday for inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership.

Why it matters

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged with inciting subversion in 2021 under a China-imposed national security law that has effectively crushed the city’s…

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: under a China-imposed national security law.

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Claim 1: “under a China-imposed national security law”
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Wikipedia explicitly references the case 'HKSAR v Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China' as a 'Hong Kong national security case', and web search results confirm the charges were brought 'under the national security law'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cheuk-yan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tonyee Chow Hang-tung (Chinese: 鄒幸彤; born 24 January 1985) is a Hong Kong activist, barrister and politician. During the crackdown by authorities on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Demo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Hang-tung
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — HKSAR v Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China [2026] HKCFI 4794 is a Hong Kong national security case in which the Court of First Instance convicted the Hong Kong Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HKSAR_v_Hong_Kong_Alliance_in_…
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Claim 2: “Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged with inciting subversion in 2021”
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Multiple independent sources, including Yahoo News Canada and other web search results, explicitly name Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung as former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China who were charged with inciting subversion in 2021.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tonyee Chow Hang-tung (Chinese: 鄒幸彤; born 24 January 1985) is a Hong Kong activist, barrister and politician. During the crackdown by authorities on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Demo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Hang-tung
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cheuk-yan
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Claim 3: “Two former organisers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted by government-approved judges Friday for inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership.”
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Multiple independent news reports (via Flipboard cross-references) confirm that two former organizers of the Tiananmen Square vigils were convicted on a Friday for inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China occurred at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (Chinese: 香港市民支援愛國民主運動聯合會; abbr. 支聯會; ) was a pro-democracy organisation that was established on 21 May 1989 in the then …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Alliance_in_Support_…
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