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Hong Kong sentences Tiananmen activists to lengthy jail terms

Three activists who continued to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in central Beijing have been handed lengthy sentences after being found guilty of subversion of state power in August. The convictions and sentences have been widely condemned.

September 11, 2026 at 07:02

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