Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists to open
Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, accused of inciting subversion The national security trial of three pro-democracy activists who organised an annual memorial in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre is to begin on Thursday.Chow Hang-tung, Lee...
<p>Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, accused of inciting subversion </p><p>The national security trial of three pro-democracy activists who organised an annual memorial in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre is to begin on Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/hong-kong-police-arrest-six-people-under-new-security-law">Chow Hang-tung</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/07/hong-kong-activists-plead-guilty-but-say-history-will-absolve-us">Lee Cheuk-yan</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/hong-kong-police-put-bailed-pro-democracy-leader-albert-ho-back-under-arrest">Albert Ho</a> are charged with inciting subversion under Hong Kong’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/23/hong-kongs-new-national-security-law-comes-into-force">national security law</a>. Their trial is one of the most high-profile national security cases to be heard in Hong Kong since Beijing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/china-passes-controversial-hong-kong-national-security-law">imposed the law in 2020</a>. The defendants face a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment if convicted. The law has a near-100% conviction rate.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/hong-kong-national-security-trial-pro-democracy-activists-chow-hang-tung-lee-cheuk-yan-albert-ho">Continue reading...</a>
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