Verdict against activists in Hong Kong
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There is a new verdict in Hong Kong. The court finds Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan guilty. They organized memorial events in the past. These events remembered the year 1989. The army killed many people in Peking back then. The people wanted more democracy. The court says: The activists wanted to weaken the state. They called for the end of the one party rule. This is illegal. Both activists are in prison since 2021. Now they face 10 years in prison. A third man admits the crime. China wants to stop the memory of 1989. Hong Kong was a free place for memory before. There is a strict security law since 2020. This law bans many political actions. The Hong Kong Alliance must close down because of this. Human rights defenders criticize the verdict very much. They say: The verdict destroys freedom in Hong Kong. The government of Great Britain is also worried. They demand respect for human rights.
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Definitions
- Memorial events
- A peaceful gathering of people to remember a bad event or to warn against it.
- One party rule
- A political system in which only a single party has power and no other opinions are allowed.
People
- Chow Hang-tung
- A lawyer and activist from Hong Kong who worked for the memory of the protests.
- Lee Cheuk-yan
- A former politician and union worker in Hong Kong who is now convicted for his political work.
Locations
- Hong Kong
- A special region in China that was a British colony before and is now under the influence of Peking.
- Peking
- The capital city of China.
- China
- A large state in East Asia that is ruled by the Communist Party.
- Great Britain
- A country in Europe.
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