Hong Kong court mulls sentences for Tiananmen vigil organizers; Pillar of Shame at stake
A Hong Kong court is weighing sentencing for former Tiananmen vigil organizers amid a security-law climate that prescribes five to ten years for inciting subversion. The case also potentially decides the fate of the Pillar of Shame memorial, which was removed from a university campus in 2021, and whether it can be returned to its owner. The vigil, banned in 2020 during COVID-19, helped keep Tiananmen memory alive in Hong Kong under Beijing’s “one country, two systems” framework, making the court ruling a potential signal for how remembrance actions are treated in the city.
