Hong Kong activists jailed for organizing Tiananmen vigil under security law
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Two pro-democracy figures, Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, were jailed for seven years and seven years plus three months respectively for incitement to subversion linked to Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil under the national security law; former lawmaker Albert Ho received five years two months. The sentencing marks one of the last major NSL trials, highlights the crackdown on dissent, and comes as the Hong Kong Alliance dissolved in 2021 and public commemoration of 1989 protests wanes under Beijing’s security framework.
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