Hong Kong court finds Tiananmen crackdown commemorators guilty of subversion

Hong Kong court finds Tiananmen crackdown commemorators guilty of subversion

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance on Friday found Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and their now-disbanded organization, the Hong Kong Alliance, guilty of a national security offense under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law (NSL). Three NSL-designated judges unanimously ruled that the defendants’ advocacy, through peaceful June 4 annual vigils, for “the end of one-party [...] The post Hong Kong court finds Tiananmen crackdown commemorators guilty of subversion appeared first on JURIS

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance on Friday found Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and their now-disbanded organization, the Hong Kong Alliance, guilty of a national security offense under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law (NSL). Three NSL-designated judges unanimously ruled that the defendants’ advocacy, through peaceful June 4 annual vigils, for “the end of one-party [...] The post Hong Kong court finds Tiananmen crackdown commemorators guilty of subversion appeared first on JURIS

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