{
  "id": 2337895,
  "title": "2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/2-organizers-of-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigils-convicted-in-national",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T08:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260821/2-organizers-of-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigils-convicted-in-national-security-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two former leaders of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square memorial vigils were convicted on Friday for allegedly inciting subversion against China's communist leadership. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, who once headed the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, received their sentences after a government-approved court ruling. The pair faced charges in 2021 under a national security law imposed by Beijing, which has effectively dismantled the city's once-flourishing pro-democracy movement. They could potentially serve up to 10 years in prison. The alliance itself was also found guilty, with the three-judge panel ruling that the group's calls for \"ending one-party dictatorship\" were interpreted as seeking to overthrow and undermine the ruling Communist Party's leadership status under the constitution. The judges emphasized that the \"end\" in the phrase suggested a desire to remove the party's dominance entirely, rather than simply advocating for a more multiparty system within the existing framework.",
  "summary": "HONG KONG — Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted by government-approved judges Friday for inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged with inciting subversion…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Activists behind Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/activists-behind-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigils",
        "published": "2026-08-21T02:30:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/2-organizers-of-hong-kongs-tiananmen-vigils-convicted-in-national-2343144",
        "published": "2026-08-21T09:07:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}