06-05-2021 09:33 via theguardian.com

Hong Kong court jails three on riot charges despite no evidence of rioting

Activist Joshua Wong separately sentenced over Tiananmen vigil protest in 2020A court in Hong Kong has sentenced three people to years in jail on riot convictions, despite no evidence they were actually involved in rioting. In a separate case, the activist Joshua Wong and three others were also given jail terms over a Tiananmen massacre vigil held in breach of Covid restrictions.The three protesters, all in their 20s, were jailed by the district court judge En-nest Lin on Wednesday, for terms of
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