On 21 August 2026, Hong Kong courts found pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, guilty of inciting subversion under Beijing's 2020 national security law. They face up to 10 years in prison.
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Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted of incitement to subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law. hongkongfp.com/2026/08/21/b... Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted of incitement to subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
The two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists were found guilty of inciting subversion. The high profile case has been widely criticized for highlighting the deterioration of freedom of expression.
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security law Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 were found guilty of “incitement to subversion”, in a case widely criticised as exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the Chinese city. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and
Activist group says the 'twisted' Hong Kong judicial system had long ago decided that the pair were guilty.
Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of inciting others to subvert state power under the city’s controversial national security law. Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
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A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organized annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of "incitement to subversion" on Friday.
For decades, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers stood up for those who lost their lives demonstrating for liberty in China. Governments around the world now need to stand up for those Hong Kongers being punished for holding Beijing to account. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.
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