Nine Hong Kong activists given jail terms for joining Tiananmen vigil

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 46 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

HONG KONG: Nine veteran democracy activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to between six and 10 months in jail on Wednesday (Sep 15) for joining a Tiananmen vigil banned by police last year. Three others were handed suspended sentences on the same charges of joining an unlawful assembly or inciting others to

The Hong Kong Alliance had organised three decades of vigils commemorating the victims of the operation.

But China is also in the process of remoulding the financial hub in its own image following huge and often violent protests that had convulsed Hong Kong in 2019.On Wednesday, Albert Ho, former vice chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance, was handed terms of 10 months for incitement and six months for attending the vigil.The case over the 2020 vigil involved a total of 26 activists across Hong Kong's political spectrum.

Joshua Wong, Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Janelle Leung were handed jail terms earlier this year for attending the vigil.Hong Kong police raid museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims In recent years, crowds at the annual event had swelled as anger intensified over how Beijing was running Hong Kong.Just a few weeks after last year's rally, Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law that has transformed Hong Kong's once freewheeling political landscape.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Totally political oppression. CCP is destroying the whole civil society. No one can have freedom, democracy and human rights. StandWithHongKong

kong721831 Where there is no rule of law but rule by draconian law, like Hong Kong, as admitted by most HongKongers, prosecution means persecution. Where there is no separation of powers, like Hong Kong, as announced by HK Gov on 01Sept2020, no judicial independence means no fair trial.

Under NationalSecurityLaw , you are not safe even you are not HKer! Please take a look at HK and encourage all the investment away from here! StandwithHK BoycottChina

Prosecution to pro-democracy activists in HongKong is in loan-shark style, adding charges over time. Not sure if they can ever release from jail, in particular joshuawongcf yttai JimmyLai

Totally political persecution. Further provide that HongKong is RulebyLaw under NationalSecurityLaw !!! Today are them , Tomorrow will be all HongKongers. The tyranny is shutting all HongKonger mouth. Hope the free world can StandWithHongKong and FreeHongKong

Even the freedom to commemorate is deprived of, is the city still an international city? Even the civil society is ruined and people are silenced here, conscientious people around the world will keep on fighting totalitarianism StandWithHongKong FreeJimmyLai FreeJoshuaWong

CCP_is_terrorist is now taking over our court. Just a self-deception on the existence of RULE of LAW in Hong Kong.

Jail for 6 - 10 months for peaceful assembly! Can UKSupremeCourt answer me how this decision of HongKong's kangaroo court is consistent w/ rule of law? When will UKSupremeCourt apply the legal principle in UK? StandWithHongKong save12hkyouths BoycottChina

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tianqi Lithium revives plans for Hong Kong listingTianqi Lithium's board of directors have unanimously approved a proposal to list shares in Hong Kong, the Chinese company said on Monday, reviving plans for a flotation it originally sought to make three years ago.One of the world's biggest producers of lithium chemicals for electric batteries, Tianqi was
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Hong Kong to create more national security offences: officialHong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed Tuesday, building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalised much dissent and transformed the city.
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Hong Kong to create more national security offences: OfficialHONG KONG: Hong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed on Tuesday (Sep 14), building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalised much dissent and transformed the city. Chris Tang, a former police chief promoted to security secretary this yea No more Freedom and Democracy in HongKong now. HK is totally off and become the NewBerlin under the NationalSecurityLaw. OneCountryTwoSystemIsDead. HongKongers, even non-HKer not in HK is suffering in that law. StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong The National Security Law wavering red line, coupled with the numerous injustices done by the Department of Justice, forced many social movement activists into exile or you will be jailed hk has demonstrated that there is no room for democracy and freedom under ccp administration 1 country, 2 systems, just kidding StandWithHongKong
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Tianqi Lithium revives plans for Hong Kong listingTianqi Lithium's board of directors have unanimously approved a proposal to list shares in Hong Kong, the Chinese company said on Monday, reviving plans for a flotation it originally sought to make three years ago.One of the world's biggest producers of lithium chemicals for electric batteries, Tianqi was
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Hong Kong to create more national security offences: OfficialHONG KONG: Hong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed on Tuesday (Sep 14), building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalised much dissent and transformed the city. Chris Tang, a former police chief promoted to security secretary this yea No more Freedom and Democracy in HongKong now. HK is totally off and become the NewBerlin under the NationalSecurityLaw. OneCountryTwoSystemIsDead. HongKongers, even non-HKer not in HK is suffering in that law. StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong The National Security Law wavering red line, coupled with the numerous injustices done by the Department of Justice, forced many social movement activists into exile or you will be jailed hk has demonstrated that there is no room for democracy and freedom under ccp administration 1 country, 2 systems, just kidding StandWithHongKong
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Hong Kong to create more national security offences: officialHong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed Tuesday, building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalised much dissent and transformed the city.
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »