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Working Group of UN Human Rights Council expresses concern over the arbitrary detention of Chow Hang-tung
The UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention established under the UN Human Rights Council issued an opinion on 1 May 2023 stating that Chow Hang-tung’s arrest, charges, and trial amounted to arbitrary deprivation of her liberty.
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Erasure of the Tiananmen Massacre
The 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre was marked not by public commemoration, but by the Hong Kong government’s efforts to erase it from memory.
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Tiananmen activists convicted in a sham trial for refusing to divulge information to police
In another weaponised legal action against the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (which was well-known for organizing the annual vigils to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre, before being forced to disband in 2021), three members of the group were convicted and sentenced to four and a half months in jail in March 2023 for refusing…