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Three organizers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil were sentenced to multi-year prison terms for inciting subversion under the city’s national security framework, with a combined fine for the group, underscoring Beijing’s crackdown on dissent and the end of the vigil tradition in Hong Kong.
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.
A Hong Kong court convicted veteran pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung of incitement to subversion for organising the Tiananmen vigil, a verdict tied to a broader crackdown on dissent under the national security framework; they could face up to 10 years in prison, with sentencing to come.
Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers Chow Hang-Tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of inciting subversion under the national security law in West Kowloon Court; a third activist, Albert Ho, had previously pleaded guilty and will be sentenced later; the verdict underscores Beijing's crackdown on public remembrance and dissent in Hong Kong.
At a Beijing ceremony marking Jiang Zemin’s birth, Xi Jinping urged a resolute, ‘indomitable fighting spirit’ to confront major challenges, while praising the Communist Party’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and vowing to defend China’s sovereignty, security and development; the speech also highlighted Jiang Zemin’s leadership and China’s economic progress amid broader US-China tensions and a slowing economy.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, delivering a Great Hall of the People speech marking the centenary of Jiang Zemin’s birth, urged China to show an 'indomitable fighting spirit' to meet major challenges, while praising the Communist Party’s decision to crack down on the Tiananmen protests and highlighting Jiang Zemin’s role in stabilizing the country. The address framed China as resilient amid slowing growth and tense U.S.-China relations, and it noted ongoing censorship of Tiananmen imagery in mainland China.