Taiwan condemned prison sentences exceeding five years imposed in Hong Kong on activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, former leaders of the organization that promoted for 30 years the vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen repression.
The three activists were found guilty of "incitement to...". The decision was criticized by Taiwan, which expressed opposition to the sentences handed down to human rights defenders in Hong Kong.
The trial of these activists is part of a series of proceedings against figures linked to the annual June 4th vigils in Hong Kong, which for decades were the only public celebrations of the memory of the massacre in Tiananmen Square allowed in Chinese territory.
