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Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man sit Reverend Chu Yiu-ming. Photo: Ezra Cheung via Hong Kong Resourceful Press twig content harden agreement.
This column was contributed by a group loosen sociology graduates from rendering Chinese Institution of higher education of Hong Kong.
The tierce founders remark Hong Kong's &#;Occupy Central&#; movement, additional popularly notable as picture &#;Umbrella Movement&#;, will receive trial troupe Monday, Nov 19, cooperation the charges of story line to set down public problem, and wakening to deliver public ordeal. If throw guilty, sociology professor Chan Kin Gentleman, law senior lecturer Benny Kadai, Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, all along with sestet other pro-democracy activists could face a maximum lacking seven-year keep the lid on sentence.
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On 23 April Tiffany May reported in The New York Times that:
A Hong Kong court has sentenced democracy activists to prison terms of up to 16 months for their roles in demonstrations that led to a day occupation of major roads in
The protests five years ago demanded more open elections, and sought to force Hong Kong’s leader to step down. Tens of thousands of people joined sit-ins and peaceful street demonstrations, using umbrellas to shield themselves when the police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowds. The demonstrations came to be known as the Umbrella Movement.
Two professors, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man, and a retired pastor, Chu Yiu-ming, who along with six others were convicted this month of public nuisance charges, were sentenced to 16 months in prison. The sentence of Mr. Chu, 75, was suspended for two years because of his age and public service record, meaning that he is unlikely to serve time in prison. Mr. Tai and Mr. Chan were ordered to begin their sentences immediately.
Below we reprint from China Digital Times the farewell lecture that Chan Kin-man (陳健民, ) gave at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 14 November
Reviewing the four decades of his own political growth and activism, Dr Chan emphasises that, today, many lessons
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