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Hong Kong Activist Says Tiananmen Vigil Call Sought Democratization, Not End of Communist Rule
Chow Hang-tung defends the alliance’s demand as democratization, not ending CCP leadership; trial under national security law follows 2019 protests and alliance’s disbanding.
- On January 22, 2026, the national security trial began for Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, charged with offences linked to the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
- After 2021 arrests on September 8 and 9, 2021, authorities pressured the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to disband before prosecuting members.
- Organisers note that Victoria Park vigils once drew up to 180,000 people and routinely attracted more than 100,000 supporters, while Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been detained over 1,500 days and Albert Ho over 1,300 days.
- Officials now treat June 4 as a `sensitive date`, and prosecutors argued that the Alliance's `end one-party rule` slogan challenges the Chinese Communist Party's leadership, which they said is unconstitutional.
- A March 6, 2025 ruling shows that the Court of Final Appeal overturned earlier convictions for the trio, after Alliance figures were sentenced to four and a half months, underscoring legal uncertainty over Victoria Park commemorations.
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HKFP Monitor Jan 24, 2026: Annual Tiananmen vigils – from remembrance to forbidden
Welcome to HKFP Monitor: Your weekly bird’s-eye view of the latest news and trends across Hong Kong’s media landscape. Subscribe to receive our free, essential round-ups by email every Friday. Welcome to HKFP Monitor. This week, as the trial of the three activists who organised Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigils opened, we track the shifting narrative surrounding the 1989 crackdown. We also look at social media chatter following the suspected …
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Hong Kong vigil organizer says she was seeking democracy, not end to Communist Party rule
A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has defended their demand for ending "one-party rule” in court.
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