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BY: REUTERS , APR 30
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VIDEO SHOWS: PRISON VAN POSSIBLY CARRYING JOSHUA WONG ARRIVING AT DISTRICT COURT, PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST JANNELLE LEUNG ARRIVING AND ENTERING DISTRICT COURT, SUPPORTERS AND ACTIVISTS ARRIVING WITH PLACARDS, FILE FOOTAGE OF WONG, LESTER SHUM, TIFFANY YUEN, LEUNG, EDDIE CHU AT 2020 TIANANMEN VIGIL AT VICTORIA PARK, FILE FOOTAGE OF JOSHUA WONG PROTESTING AND ARRIVING AT COURT BUILDING
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HONG KONG, CHINA (APRIL 30, 2021) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST ALEXANDRA WONG WAVING UNION FLAG AS PRISON VAN ARRIVES
2. WONG WAVING FLAG
3. WONG WAVING FLAG, PRISON CAN POSSIBLY CARRYING JOSHUA WONG ARRIVING AT DISTRICT COURT
4. VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST JANNELLE LEUNG ARRIVING AND ENTERING DISTRICT COURT
5. ACTIVISTS FROM HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT OF CHINA ARRIVING WITH PLACARDS
6. ACTIVISTS FROM HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT OF CHINA CHANTING (Cantonese): "SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS NOT A CRIME, RELEASE ALL PRISONERS"
7. ACTIVISTS CHANTING AND HOLDING PLACARDS READING (English): "INNOCENT TO MOURN JUNE 4" AND "NO CRIME CONDEMN TIANANMEN MASSACRE"
8. VARIOUS OF SIGN READING (English and Chinese): "WANCHAI LAW COURTS"
9. VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF WANCHAI LAW COURTS
HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE - JUNE 4, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
10. VARIOUS OF THOUSANDS GATHERING IN VICTORIA PARK TO COMMEMORATE 31 YEARS SINCE TIANANMEN SQUARE CRACKDOWN
11. JOSHUA WONG LESTER SHUM, TIFFANY YUEN LEUNG, EDDIE CHU SEATED AND HOLDING CANDLES
12. VARIOUS OF CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS IN CHINA, , SPEAKING TO CROWD WITH ACTIVISTS
HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 15, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
13. PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS INCLUDING MEDIA TYCOON JIMMY LAI, LEE CHEUK-YAN AND JOSHUA WONG POSING FOR MEDIA AND CHANTING SLOGANS AT WEST KOWLOON MAGISTRATES' COURT
14. JOSHUA WONG CHANTING
15. PLACARD READING (English): ''INNOCENT TO MOURN JUNE 4''
16. PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CHANTING
17. PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST JOSHUA WONG POSING FOR PHOTO AND THEN WALKING AWAY
STORY: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was among four people who pleaded guilty on Friday (April 30) of participating in an illegal assembly on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
It was the first time the vigil had been banned in the global financial hub, with police citing, as it did for all demonstrations last year, coronavirus restrictions on group gatherings. It is expected to face a similar fate this year. Still, tens of thousands of people lit candles across the city in what was largely a peaceful event last June, bar a brief skirmish with riot police in one neighbourhood.
Wong, already in prison after he was found guilty of participating and organising an unauthorised assembly during the mass 2019 pro-democracy protests, pleaded guilty in the District Court. The other activists who pleaded guilty were Lester Shum, Jannelle Leung and Tiffany Yuen. Another activist, Eddie Chu, asked for an adjournment and his case will be heard on June 11, with 19 others facing similar charges.
Commemorations of the Tiananmen crackdown are banned in mainland China, but Hong Kong traditionally held the largest vigils globally every year, having been promised certain freedoms when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, including rights of expression and assembly
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Location (dateline)HONG KONG, CHINA
Expiration DateMay 2, 2021 09:45 EDT
Embargo DateApril 30, 2021 16:37 EDT
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