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  "id": 6695413,
  "title": "More Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced to prison in Hong Kong security case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/more-tiananmen-vigil-activists-sentenced-to-prison-in-hong-kong",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T02:57:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-activists-sentenced-9.7339856"
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists — who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown — to prison for terms ranging from five to more than seven years on Friday in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/2-men-with-autism-jailed-for-3-years-over-joining-a-taiwan-group-that",
        "published": "2026-09-10T05:46:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong to roll out plain cigarette packs from March, full enforcement by December",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hong-kong-to-roll-out-plain-cigarette-packs-from-march-full",
        "published": "2026-09-10T08:41:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher for seeking to block reporter from union role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hong-kong-court-convicts-wall-street-journal-publisher-for-seeking-to",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:24:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organizers given sentences of up to 7 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-organizers-given-sentences-of-up-to-7-years",
        "published": "2026-09-11T01:30:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}