Hong Kong court sentences Tiananmen vigil activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

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Hong Kong court sentenced three activists involved in annual Tiananmen Square vigils to prison terms between five and seven years for calling to end one-party dictatorship. The ruling confirms the Communist Party's primacy enshrined in China's constitution.

Three activists who had held annual vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to between five and seven years in prison Friday for calling for an "end to one-party dictatorship". Prosecutors had argued that China's constitution enshrines the primacy of the Communist Party.