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H.K. activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more months in jail for June 4 rally


H.K. activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more months in jail for June 4 rally
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three other activists were sentenced by a Hong Kong court Thursday to up to 10 months in prison for attending an unauthorized rally held on June 4 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Wong, Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Leung were handed down the sentences after pleading guilty to the charge at the same Hong Kong court last Friday. They were found to have participated in the rally even though it had been banned by police citing public safety and health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. ....

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 months over Tiananmen vigil


Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 months over Tiananmen vigil
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 months over Tiananmen vigil
Activist Joshua Wong (centre) is currently serving a jail sentence for taking part in a protest during the months of huge and often violent rallies that rocked Hong Kong in 2019. (File photo: AFP/Isaac Lawrence)
06 May 2021 11:19AM
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06 May 2021 11:47AM)
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will face another 10 months in jail for participating in an unauthorised assembly on Jun 4, 2020, to commemorate the 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Beijing s Tiananmen Square. ....

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Hong Kong Court Jails Joshua Wong, District Councilors Over Tiananmen Vigil


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A court in Hong Kong on Thursday handed jail terms to jailed democracy activist Joshua Wong and three opposition members of the city s District Council for attending a vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
Wong was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, while district councilor Lester Shum was jailed for six months. Fellow councilors Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Leung were each handed four-month sentence.
All four had pleaded guilty to taking part in last year s candlelight vigil, which was attended by thousands of people in Victoria Park despite a ban by the authorities, ostensibly to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
District Court judge Stanley Chan said he wouldn t consider a non-custodial sentence, as none of the defendants had shown sincere remorse. ....

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for further 10 months over June 4 assembly


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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong will face an additional 10 months in jail for participating in an unauthorised assembly on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
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It was the first time the vigil was banned in the global financial hub, with police citing coronavirus restrictions on group gatherings, as it did for all demonstrations last year. It is expected to face a similar fate this year.
Still, tens of thousands of people lit candles across the city in what was largely a peaceful event last June, bar a brief skirmish with riot police in one neighbourhood. ....

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