{
  "id": 6740751,
  "title": "‘People will be shocked and angry’: Relatives, friends of jailed Tiananmen activists decry ‘unjust’ sentences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/people-will-be-shocked-and-angry-relatives-friends-of-jailed-6740751",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T10:08:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
    "slug": "hong-kong-free-press-hongkongfp",
    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/11/people-will-be-shocked-and-angry-relatives-friends-of-jailed-tiananmen-activists-decry-unjust-sentences/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Relatives of three Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced on Friday have expressed shock and anger over their lengthy prison terms. Elizabeth Tang, mother of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan, met with the press after the sentences on September 11, 2026. Chow and Lee were handed seven-year and seven-year-and-three-month sentences, respectively. Albert Ho, the only leader of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to plead guilty, received a sentence of five years and two months. The trio were convicted for inciting subversion and were found guilty by a panel of designated national security judges. Elizabeth Tang called the sentences \"unacceptable,\" noting that Lee has been in prison since April 16, 2021, and she cannot imagine him spending three more years behind bars. She also stated that millions of people were present at the Tiananmen vigil in Victoria Park. Family members and friends of the activists have vowed to appeal the convictions and sentences. The Tiananmen crackdown occurred on June 4, 1989, following months of student-led demonstrations in China, resulting in hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths.",
  "summary": "Relatives of three Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced on Friday for inciting subversion have decried their years-long prison terms as “totally unjust,” and have said that two of the defendants will appeal. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were handed jail terms […]",
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        "title": "‘People will be shocked and angry’: Relatives, friends of jailed Tiananmen activists decry ‘unjust’ sentences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/people-will-be-shocked-and-angry-relatives-friends-of-jailed",
        "published": "2026-09-11T10:08:16.000Z"
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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."
}