Two dozen Hong Kong activists have appeared in court over a banned Tiananmen Square vigil.
Hong Kong activists shouted anti-government slogans outside court on Tuesday as more than two dozen high profile democracy campaigners appeared over a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
The group of defendants represents a broad section of the pro-democracy movement, from 72-year-old media mogul Jimmy Lai to younger campaigners such as Joshua Wong. "It's not a crime to mourn 4 June," one poster read, while another said,"Oppose political prosecutions, Protest political suppression". Some of those charged face separate prosecutions related to last year's huge and often violent pro-democracy protests.
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