Three organisers jailed over Hong Kong vigil for Tiananmen Square victims 三名组织者因香港为天安门广场受害者守夜而入狱



Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were jailed for failing to comply with a national security law.
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The three were arrested in 2021 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following massive protests more than three years ago. They were leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and were found guilty last week. The alliance was best known for organising candlelight vigils in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the Chinese military’s crushing of Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989, but it voted to disband in 2021 under the shadow of the Beijing-imposed national security law. Supporters say its closure has shown freedoms and autonomy that were promised when Hong Kong returned to China from the UK in 1997 are diminishing.Before its disbandment, police sought details about its operations and finances in connection with alleged links to democracy groups overseas, accusing it of being a foreign agent. 这三人是在3年前大规模示威后,在2021年镇压城市民主化运动时被逮捕的。 他们是香港支持中国爱国民主运动联盟的领导人,上周被判有罪。1989年中国军队镇压天安门民主抗议活动周年纪念日,该联盟在香港组织烛光集会最为著名,但在2021年北京颁布的国家安全法的阴影下投票解散。支持者说,关闭该机场表明,1997年香港从英国返回中国时所承诺的自由和自治正在减少。在解散前,警方要求提供与据称与海外民主团体有联系的有关其业务和财政方面的细节,指控它是一个外国特工。

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