Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
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Speaking to the BBC before her arrest in 2022, Chow said she was "prepared to be arrested" Three Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating Beijing's 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests have been handed prison sentences of up to seven years.
周在 2022 年被捕前接受 BBC 采访时表示，她“已做好被捕的准备” 组织年度守夜活动纪念北京 1989 年镇压天安门广场抗议活动的三名香港活动人士被判处最高七年监禁。
Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, were convicted last month of inciting others to subvert state power, under the city's controversial national security law.
上个月，根据香港备受争议的国家安全法，69岁的李卓人和41岁的周恒东因煽动他人颠覆国家政权而被定罪。
A third defendant, Albert Ho, 74, had pleaded guilty in January. The office of United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk called for "these sentences to be quashed".
第三名被告，74 岁的何俊仁 (Albert Ho) 一月份已认罪。 联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·蒂尔克办公室呼吁“撤销这些判决”。
Hong Kong and Macau were for years the only places on Chinese soil where people could hold gatherings to mark the Tiananmen crackdown - a highly sensitive and heavily censored topic in mainland China.
多年来，香港和澳门是中国领土上唯一人们可以举行集会纪念天安门镇压的地方——这是中国大陆高度敏感且受到严格审查的话题。
These gatherings were banned by Hong Kong's authorities in 2020, citing Covid-19 policies, but never resumed.
2020 年，香港当局以 Covid-19 政策为由禁止这些聚会，但从未恢复。
That same year, the national security law, which makes illegal a wider range of dissenting acts, officially came into force. Authorities say the law is necessary to maintain stability, but critics argue it has eroded Hong Kong's autonomy and created a climate of fear.
同年，国家安全法正式生效，该法将范围更广的异议行为定为非法。 当局表示，这项法律对于维持稳定是必要的，但批评者认为，它削弱了香港的自治权，并造成了恐惧气氛。
Lee, Chow and Ho were charged in 2021.
Lee、Chow 和 Ho 于 2021 年被指控。
They faced up to 10 years in prison after their conviction. On Friday, the court sentenced Lee to seven years in prison, while Chow was handed seven years and three months.
定罪后，他们面临最高 10 年的监禁。 周五，法院判处李某有期徒刑七年，周某则被判处七年零三个月监禁。
Ho, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to five years in prison. As the court session started, Chow and Lee stood up and smiled at the public gallery, which was full of people.
何某认罪后被判处五年徒刑。 开庭时，周和李站起来，对着挤满人的公众旁听席微笑。
Ho wore a serious expression. After their sentences were handed down, Lee appeared to pray as he was led out of the dock, while Chow blew a kiss to those seated in the public gallery.
何浩一脸严肃。 宣判后，李在被带出被告席时似乎在祈祷，而周则向坐在公共席上的人飞吻。
According to a court summary in August, Lee and Chow had "incited other persons to organise, plan, commit or participate in acts by unlawful means with a view to subverting the state power".
根据八月份的法庭摘要，李和周“煽动他人以非法手段组织、策划、实施或参与行为，以颠覆国家政权”。
Chow told the court in May the law itself was on trial.
周五月份告诉法庭，该法律本身正在接受审判。
A key part of the trial concerned the group's slogan of "ending one-party dictatorship", which the court said had incited people to undermine the Chinese Communist Party.
审判的一个关键部分涉及该组织“结束一党专政”的口号，法院称该口号煽动人们破坏中国共产党。
Lee's wife, Elizabeth Tang, told Reuters that it was a "sad day" for her.
李的妻子伊丽莎白·唐(Elizabeth Tang)告诉路透社，这对她来说是“悲伤的一天”。
"I cannot imagine that he has to spend another three years in jail, it is really unacceptable," she said, adding that Lee intended to appeal his sentence.
她说：“我无法想象他还要再入狱三年，这真的令人无法接受。”她补充说，李打算对他的判决提出上诉。
Chow's mother Medina told a crowd outside the court not to be "overly saddened" about the verdict.
周的母亲梅迪纳告诉法庭外的人群不要对判决“过度悲伤”。
"Do not lose heart. And above all, do not feel guilty," she said, Reuters reported. Speaking to the BBC before her arrest in 2022, Chow said she was "prepared to be arrested" and "willing to pay the price for fighting for democracy".
“不要灰心。 最重要的是，不要感到内疚，”据路透社报道，她说。 周在 2022 年被捕前接受 BBC 采访时表示，她“已经做好被捕的准备”，并且“愿意为争取民主而付出代价”。
People in Hong Kong used to hold yearly vigils commemorating Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown The defendants were leaders of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, a group founded in May 1989 to support students holding pro-democracy rallies.
香港民众每年都会举行守夜活动，纪念北京 1989 年天安门广场镇压事件 被告是现已解散的香港联谊会的领导人，该团体成立于 1989 年 5 月，旨在支持学生举行民主集会。
Weeks later, the Chinese Communist Party sent troops and tanks to crush pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
几周后，中国共产党派遣军队和坦克镇压北京天安门广场的民主抗议活动。
Estimates of the death toll range from a few hundred to many thousands.
死亡人数估计从数百人到数千人不等。
Over the next three decades, the Hong Kong Alliance called on authorities to accept responsibility for the crackdown, free dissidents and introduce democratic reform. The group also held yearly vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
在接下来的三十年里，香港联盟呼吁当局承担镇压责任，释放异见人士并推行民主改革。 该组织还每年举行守夜活动，纪念天安门广场镇压事件。
Organisers said some of the gatherings attracted more than 100,000 people, though police had lower estimates of the turnout.
组织者表示，一些集会吸引了超过 10 万人，但警方对投票人数的估计较低。
On Friday, the court also handed a HK$1.5m fine ($191,000; £142,000) to the Hong Kong Alliance. "This sentencing is a triple tragedy: for the activists being unjustly punished; the survivors and victims of the Tiananmen crackdown itself; and the generations of Hongkongers denied the space to discuss one of the most consequential events in modern Chinese history," said Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks.
周五，法院还向香港联盟处以 150 万港元（191,000 美元；142,000 英镑）的罚款。 国际特赦组织区域副主任萨拉·布鲁克斯 (Sarah Brooks) 表示：“这一判决是一场三重悲剧：活动人士受到不公正的惩罚；天安门镇压本身的幸存者和受害者；几代香港人被剥夺了讨论中国现代历史上最重要事件之一的空间。”
"The harsh sentences against peaceful Tiananmen vigil organisers expose the cruelty and insecurity of a government afraid of memory and the people," Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
人权观察在一份声明中表示：“对和平的天安门守夜活动组织者的严厉判决暴露了一个害怕记忆和人民的政府的残酷和不安全感。”
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