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Hong Kong police wrong to ban Tiananmen vigil, court rules

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The court overturned the conviction of jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who led a group that used to organise Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil.

is also among those behind bars for defying the various bans on the vigils, in his case for the 2020 event.

But High Court judge Judianna Barnes on Wednesday said police wrongly banned the vigil in 2021 as they did not"proactively and seriously consider" ways to facilitate a public gathering, as was required by law. A Hong Kong court has overturned the conviction of political activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung who was jailed over a Tiananmen vigil

Chow was arrested on the morning of Jun 4, 2021, when her articles appeared on social media and in a newspaper calling on residents to mourn Tiananmen victims.

 

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