A former leader of the Hong Kong Alliance, Chow Hang-tung was convicted a second time for inciting people in Hong Kong to commemorate the deadly 1989 Beijing event.
Jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung accused Hong Kong's courts on Tuesday of criminalising speech and helping authorities erase the Tiananmen crackdown as she was convicted a second time for inciting people to commemorate the deadly event.
The now-disbanded group used to organise the city's huge annual candlelight vigils to mourn those killed in Beijing on 4 June 1989 when China sent troops to crush democracy protests. Ms Chow was also arrested on the morning of 4 June last year over two pieces she published calling on residents to light candles and mark the crackdown anniversary.On Tuesday, a court sentenced her to 15 months in jail after ruling that her articles amounted to inciting others to defy the police ban.
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