Two former activists who organised annual vigils for the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were found guilty of inciting subversion under Hong Kong's controversial national security law.
Lee Cheuk‑yan, 69, and Chow Hang‑tung, 41, were convicted on 31 minutes ago at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts and face up to 10 years imprisonment each.
A third former lawmaker, 74‑year‑old Albert Ho, admitted guilt in January, marking the third defendant in the case.
The charges stem from claims that the activists "endanger national security in the name of human rights" by organising public commemorations of the violent suppression of pro‑democracy protesters in Beijing.
Hong Kong, which had long been a place where citizens could openly remember the crackdown, banned public vigils in 2020 citing Covid‑19 restrictions and never lifted the ban.
Rights group Amnesty International criticised the case for relying on vague, overly broad definitions of subversion that could criminalise ordinary dissent.
