Hong Kong Tiananmen Trial

FILE -A woman holds up a candle and an image of a man facing off tanks to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, during a light candle vigil outside Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Friday, June 4, 2021.

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2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case

2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case

Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been convicted in a national security case. It was brought under a China-imposed law that has effectively crushed the city’s previously thriving pro-democracy movement. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion. The judges have ruled that they intentionally encouraged supporters of the alliance to wait for the right time to carry out the goal to “end one-party dictatorship” by unlawful means. Lee and Chow, who will be sentenced at a later date, face a maximum prison term of 10 years.