Hong Kong – On Thursday, a Hong Kong court convicted three renowned pro-democracy activists of unlawful assembly in connection with a June 4 vigil last year to commemorate Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protestors in and around Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong has long staged the world’s biggest annual June 4 vigils, as part of the broad freedoms granted when it reverted …

Seven leading Hong Kong pro-democracy personalities were convicted on Thursday of organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, marking the territory’s latest crackdown on disagreement. The four-week trial was heard in West Kowloon Court, where Judge Amanda Woodcock read the verdict on Thursday morning. Prosecutors accused the seven activists …