Hong Kong courts sentenced three former organizers of the city's annual Tiananmen Square vigil to five to seven years in prison on September 11, 2026, for inciting subversion under the national security law. The alliance behind the vigil was disbanded, and the organization was fined 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.
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3 Tiananmen vigil organizers set to be sentenced in Hong Kong national security case AP News
Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday for their convictions of inciting subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
What to know about the Tiananmen vigil organizers who are set to be sentenced in Hong Kong AP News
A Hong Kong court sentenced three former organizers of annual vigils marking China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Three pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong who organized annual vigils for victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced Friday under a national security law that critics say has stifled dissent.
Three former leaders of the now-disbanded alliance behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil have been sentenced to up to seven years and three months in jail under the national security law for inciting subversion by calling for an end to “one-party dictatorship” in mainland China. Three High Court judges on Friday also imposed a HK$1.5 million fine on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of
Three Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists were jailed for five to seven years under the national security law. Their convictions have drawn condemnation from the UN, human rights groups and foreign governments.
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced Friday to about five to seven years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.