Prison Terms of Five to Seven Years
A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists to prison on Friday for organizing annual vigils marking China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The sentences ranged from five to more than seven years, handed down under the city's national security law.
A Barometer for Hong Kong's Freedoms
The case is widely seen as a marker of how far Beijing's clampdown on dissent has reached in Hong Kong, a city once known for hosting the largest Tiananmen commemorations in the world. Those annual vigils have been effectively shut down in recent years.
No further details on the individual activists or their appeals were available at time of publication.
Source: CBC News
