https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hong-kong-court-hears-arguments-over-sentencing-for-former-tiananmen-vigil-organizersContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hong-kong-court-hears-arguments-over-sentencing-for-former-tiananmen-vigil-organizershttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/hong-kong-court-hears-arguments-over-sentencing-for-former-tiananmen-vigil-organizers#u52033Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:55:33 +0000A Hong Kong court is currently hearing sentencing arguments for former organizers of the Tiananmen Square vigil, including activist Chow Hang-tung. Chow has received a guilty verdict in a national security trial and has provided mitigation statements to the court. Defense lawyers have argued that the vigil group's goals were an "empty slogan" rather than a concrete plan. These proceedings follow convictions tied to the organization of the annual events commemorating the 1989 crackdown.Why it mattersThe annual Tiananmen vigil was a prominent fixture of Hong Kong's civil libe