Responding to the resumption of the trial of activists who organized Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s spokesperson

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Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were among the members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (Hong Kong Alliance) charged with “inciting subversion of state power” under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law in September 2021.

They have been held in pre-trial detention ever since, having been repeatedly denied bail, and face up to 10 years’ imprisonment if convicted. Both have been designated prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International.

Authorities said the annual Tiananmen vigil the Hong Kong Alliance had organized since 1990 was evidence of the group “endangering national security”.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    That can’t be right. The tankies assure me that China is a utopian society that’s not authoritarian or repressive at all, and any information to the contrary is merely CIA propaganda.

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 month ago

      I love the mental gymnastics and gas lighting they do. They will tell you that there is still election in China. But they won’t tell you that you can vote for someone vetted by the party!