Antony Blinken called on China to “immediately” release Joshua Wong and the activists who participated in the vigil for the Tiananmen massacre.

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony blink, asked this Friday to China What release the four Hong Kong activists jailed for attending a memorial vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen massacre, which took place in 1989.

“US stands up for people of Hong Kong, rejects sentence on activists for attending commemoration“Blinken said on his Twitter account.

He added that all those who have been imprisoned “in the non-violent exercise of their freedoms must be released immediately“. The activists in question are Joshua Wong, Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Janelle Leung, who were jailed after pleading guilty to an unauthorized rally on June 4, 2020.

The four convicts had been convicted in the past April 30l, but the announcement of his conviction was published on Thursday.

For the past three decades, Hong Kong has commemorated the Tiananmen Massacre each year with a series of mass vigils. However, in 2020 the event was banned due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the authorities argued.

However, thousands of people defied restrictions and gathered in Victoria Park like every year to commemorate the tragedy. Joshua Wong, one of the region’s most influential activists, had previously been sentenced to 17 and a half months in prison for the 2019 protests.

After the vigil, her grief was prolonged by others ten months, which you will have to purge at the end of your first sentence. Wong, Shum and Yuen were also sentenced under the national security law, which, according to opponents, seeks to silence dissenting voices.

(With information from Europa Press)

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