Tiananmen Square vigil organisers jailed for seven years in Hong Kong

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...n-tiananmen-square-activists-jailed-hong-kong

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers jailed for seven years in Hong Kong

Two pro-democracy activists who were put on trial for organising an annual Tiananmen Square massacre vigil in Hong Kong have been sentenced to seven years in jail, in one of the city’s most significant national security cases.

Chow Hang-tung, 41 and Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, were found guilty in August of incitement to subversion. The court found they had “incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power”

 

[Cray]

For those that forget how China is run.

 

[ponder]

For those that forget how China is run.

China is our friend and ally, we look up to China (& Russia) and we do what they say so shut your whore mouth you anti revolutionary!

 

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We don't talk about you know what

 

[ponder]

For those that forget how China is run.

Check out this dude, no fscks given

 

[Cray]

Check out this dude, no fscks given

Love it

 

[lexity]

We don't talk about you know what

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Cameras at every nook and cranny in society are only there to protect us...

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[TedLasso]

I've been there. A lot of security to get into the square. And then, since I went with my Chinese colleagues, was smart enough not to open my Western mouth with opinions.

Coincidentally, I was there on the anniversary date of the massacre