Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced to five to seven years in prison Three Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists were jailed for five to seven years under the national security law. Euronews · Sep 11
Hong Kong court sentences Tiananmen vigil activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail Three activists who had held annual vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to between five and seven years in prison Friday for calling for an "end to one-party dictatorship". Prosecutors had argued that China's constitution enshrines the primacy of the Communist Party. France 24 · Sep 11
Who are the Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed for seven years in Hong Kong? Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are three prominent Hong Kong activists who led the group behind the city’s massive annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown The Independent UK · Sep 10
3 Tiananmen vigil organizers set to be sentenced in Hong Kong national security case Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday for their convictions of inciting subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law The Independent UK · Sep 10
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders convicted of ‘inciting subversion’ in landmark trial Verdict targets organisers of only large-scale public remembrance of 1989 crackdown on Chinese soil The Independent UK · Aug 21
Hong Kong convicts two Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion Two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark Beijing's 1989 deadly Tiananmen crackdown were on Friday convicted of inciting subversion by a Hong Kong court. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung were leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance and their case was viewed as a bellwether for freedom of… France 24 · Aug 21
Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’ UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung The Guardian - UK · Aug 21
What to know about the two former Tiananmen vigil organizers on trial in Hong Kong Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s massive vigils to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown will hear their verdict on Friday, in a national security trial under a Beijing-imposed law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent The Independent UK · Aug 20
Xi Jinping praises brutal Tiananmen crackdown and calls for return to Chinese ‘fighting spirit’ Xi Jinping makes rare mention of Tiananmen Square protests during commemoration of Jiang Zemin's birth centennial The Independent UK · Aug 17
Professor suspended for ‘hiding Tiananmen reference’ in Tokyo university website References to Tiananmen Square are heavily censored in China The Independent UK · Aug 6
Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square The Guardian - UK · Jun 10
Our efforts to record Tiananmen atrocity Brief letters: Tiananmen Square protests | Switching from X | So to Speke | JD Vance | Binary understanding The Guardian - UK · Jun 9
Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past' Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means. Latin Times · Jun 5
Beijing slams US comments on Tiananmen Square crackdown as 'smear' of China On 4 June 1989, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around the central square in the capital Beijing. Euronews · Jun 4
International Business Times UK · Jun 4 'A Heartless Act': China Blocks Families of Tiananmen Victims From Visiting Graves on 37th Anniversary Chinese authorities have barred Tiananmen Mothers from visiting graves on the 37th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown, tightening restrictions on public remembrance.
The Times of India · Jun 4 Tiananmen 37 years on: China blocks families from visiting graves of victims, deepens crackdown on memory China is intensifying its crackdown on any public remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. Families of victims are being barred from visiting graves, and authorities are actively erasing the incident from public memory. This suppression escalates as Hong Kong also bans commemorations, while global reactions highlight ongoing censorship.
The Economic Times · Jun 4 China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 events Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates ranging into the thousands. This event, marked by student-led demonstrations and a government crackdown, remains a sensitive topic in China. Landmark dates leading up to the…
The Independent UK · Jun 4 Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
The Guardian - AU · Jun 3 ‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of Tiananmen Amid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad
The Independent UK · May 18 Hong Kong court hears final arguments in former Tiananmen vigil organizers' national security trial A Hong Kong court is hearing the final arguments in a national security trial for two people who organized large vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
The Independent UK · Jan 22 Hong Kong begins national security trial of organisers of Tiananmen Square vigil group The case comes weeks after the conviction of media tycoon Jimmy Lai
The Guardian - UK · Jan 21 Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists begins Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, are accused of inciting subversion
The Independent UK · Jan 21 National security trial for Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers to open Two organizers of a vigil commemorating people killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 will stand trial on Thursday
The Independent UK · Jan 21 What to know about the trial in Hong Kong against Tiananmen vigil organizers A national security trial for former organizers of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil opens Thursday
The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025 Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations