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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kanis Leung

What to know about the trial in Hong Kong against Tiananmen vigil organizers

Hong Kong Tiananmen Trial What to Know - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Two former leaders of a Hong Kong pro-democracy group that for decades organized a vigil commemorating people killed during Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown are set to stand trial in a case brought under a national security law that has all but silenced dissent in the city.

A third co-defendant is expected to plead guilty at Thursday's hearing.

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