Two organisers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils charged for inciting subversion

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 21, 2026 · 50 words · By Video by Ava LUQUET

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that two organizers of the Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigils (identified as Lee and Chow) were charged and subsequently convicted of incitement to subversion.

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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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