# Hong Kong court jails 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers in national security case

https://mins.news/en/item/53901

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-11 02:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/3UAXfKJ

> A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists who had organized annual vigils remembering China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown to prison terms ranging from five to more than seven years. The case is widely viewed as a test of the city’s freedoms as Beijing intensifies its crackdown on dissent.

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