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Hong Kong court convicts activists who organized Tiananmen vigil
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en]
Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, led the Hong Kong Alliance, a group that organized annual vigils before it was disbanded. They could face up to ten years in prison.
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