Hong Kong Alliance in Help of Patriotic Democratic Actions of China Vice Chairwoman Chow Dangle-tung speaks throughout a press convention on Sept. 5, 2021 in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Alliance in Help of Patriotic Democratic Actions of China Vice Chairwoman Chow Dangle-tung speaks throughout a press convention on Sept. 5, 2021 in Hong Kong.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Three Hong Kong activists have been convicted after they refused to supply info to authorities required by nationwide safety coverage. They’d been arrested in 2021 throughout a crackdown on Hong Kong’s civil society sector following the passage of a wide-ranging nationwide safety legislation.

The three activists now withstand six months in jail and a high-quality of practically $13,000. They stated they did not cooperate with the coverage as a result of they believed the state had arbitrarily designated them international brokers with out offering proof.

Chow Dangle-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong have been organizers within the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Help of Patriotic Democratic Actions of China, an advocacy group finest recognized for holding annual vigils to commemorate the victims of the Tiananmen bloodbath in Beijing, the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists by which Chinese language troops fired on their very own residents, killing 1000’s. The precise loss of life toll is unknown and mentions of the bloodbath are closely censored in mainland China.

One of many activists, Chow Dangle-tung, was arrested on a separate nationwide safety cost of subversion in 2021 and is already in jail.