Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed up to 7 years, as group is fined HK$1.5 million

Three former leaders of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have been sentenced to up to seven years and three months in jail under the national security law. The sentences were for inciting subversion by calling for an end to "one-party dictatorship" in mainland China. The Hong Kong Alliance itself was fined HK$1.5 million. The convictions stemmed from judges finding that the alliance and its leaders had incited public hatred towards the Chinese Communist Party by comparing Beijing's 1989 crackdown to Hong Kong's 2019 anti-government protests. This high-profile trial concluded at West Kowloon Court.