Hong Kong: Drop Charges Against Vigil Organizer

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Chow Hang-tung, Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democratic Patriotic Movements of China, leaves after being released on bail at a police station in Hong Kong, June 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Kin Cheung (New York) – The Hong Kong government should immediately drop all charges against Chow Hang-tung, the organizer of the annual Victoria Park Vigil that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, 72 international organizations and individuals said today in a letter to Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng. Joint Open Letter to Hong…

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