HONG KONG - Hong Kong police’s decision to ban a Tiananmen vigil last year was unlawful, a court ruled on Wednesday, as it overturned the conviction of jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung.
Police have banned the last three vigils citing the coronavirus and security fears and the courts have already jailed multiple activists who defied those bans, including Chow. But High Court judge Judianna Barnes on Wednesday said police wrongly banned the vigil in 2021 as they did not “proactively and seriously consider” ways to faciliate a public gathering, as was required by law.
Hong Kong was formerly the only place in China where mass commemoration of Tiananmen was tolerated but Beijing has been remoulding the city in its authoritarian image after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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