TADC expresses outrage today at the heavy prison sentences handed down to Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho. The leaders of the since disbanded HK Alliance were found guilty of “inciting subversion of state power” under the 2020 National Security Law (NSL). Their call to “end one-party dictatorship” was deemed to be a NSL crime of serious nature.
多倫多支聯會對鄒幸彤、李卓人及何俊仁今天被判處重刑表示極度憤慨。三人及已解散的支聯會同被判《港區國安法》「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」罪成。爭取「結束一黨專政」其後亦被裁定為情節嚴重的國安罪行。
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September 11, 2026 – Toronto
Toronto Association for Democracy in China (TADC) expresses outrage today at the heavy prison sentences handed down to Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, co-defendants on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HK Alliance) trial.
On August 21, 2026, the leaders of the since disbanded HK Alliance were found guilty of “inciting subversion of state power” under the 2020 National Security Law (NSL). Their call to “end one-party dictatorship” was deemed to be a NSL crime of serious nature.
Chow Hang-tung, vice-chair and a barrister, defended herself and repeatedly pointed out during the trial how absurd and against legal principles the prosecutor’s case was. As she put it to the three designated NSL judges: asking for justice and democracy is not a crime. “For all we have done, we should not have been in prison for even a single day.”
The court sentenced her to seven years and three months with consideration of extended trial delay.
Lee Cheuk-yan, chair of the alliance at the time of disbandment, had his sentence reduced to seven years due to his 20 years of public services.
Former chair Albert Ho, who has been fighting lung cancer since 2017, pleaded guilty at the beginning of the trial in exchange for a reduction on his sentence. He was handed five years and two months’ imprisonment, of which he still needs to serve one and a half years.
“Ending one-party dictatorship, building a democratic China” has been the slogan of the HK Alliance since its founding in 1989. Undoubtedly, the Hong Kong government is using the national security law as a tool to silence citizens’ right to dissent.
The HK Alliance has held annual candlelight vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre. For thirty years until 2020, these are the largest such memorial around the world with tens of thousands of Hongkongers attending each year.
The guilty verdict rendered earlier to HK Alliance and its leaders effectively criminalizes all Hongkongers in their demand for justice for the victims of the massacre.
“If doing so makes me a criminal for life, if the law truly cannot accommodate our belief, then I would rather be a criminal than a person who betrays their conscience,” said Chow in her mitigation. “I will stand with all the people of Hong Kong who refuse to give up, and we will continue on this unfinished path to democracy.”
TADC has always stood by HK Alliance and has organized annual commemorative candlelight vigils in Toronto until today. We vow to never forget Tiananmen Massacre and ask that you stand with us in solidarity, to continue calling for the release of Chow, Lee and Ho, together with all political prisoners in Hong Kong.
2026年9月11日 – 多倫多
多倫多支聯會（TADC）對鄒幸彤、李卓人及何俊仁今天被判處重刑表示極度憤慨。他們三人及已解散的《香港支聯會》，於8月21日同被判《港區國安法》「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」罪成。其爭取「結束一黨專政」後亦被裁定為情節嚴重的國安罪行。
在支聯會解散時擔任副主席的鄒幸彤本身為大律師，她於庭上親自為自己辯護時，三番四次地指出控方案情的種種荒謬與不合法理。她强調追求公義與民主何罪之有，向三名國安法指定法官表示：「就我們所做的一切而言，我們一天牢也不應該坐！」
法官只因審訊延期而將刑期扣減至7年3個月。
支聯會時任主席李卓人，因他曾作出公共服務多年而獲酌情扣減至監禁7年。
支聯會前任主席何俊仁，自2017年起已肺癌纏身。他於審訊之初認罪，以換取刑期扣減。他被判監禁5年2個月，目前仍須服刑一年半。
「結束一黨專政，建設民主中國」一直為支聯會五大綱領之一。毋庸置疑，香港政府以國安法為工具壓制廣大市民的聲音。
香港支聯會於過去三十年間直至2021年，每年舉辦六四燭光晚會均有數以萬計香港市民參與，為全球規模最大的六四悼念活動。這個針對支聯會及三名正副主席的判處，實際上也將多年來為六四死難者追求真相與公義的香港人宣判有罪。
鄒幸彤在量刑陳詞時堅稱：「如果這樣做會令我成為永遠的罪犯，如果法律真的容不下我們的信念，那我寧願做一個罪犯，也不要做一個背叛良知的人。我會與所有不認命的香港人一起，繼續行這條未完的民主路。」
多倫多支聯會與香港支聯會並肩同行，每年在多倫多舉行六四燭光悼念晚會，從未間斷至今。我們矢志不移繼續毋忘六四，守護歷史。我們亦懇請社會各界繼續與我們攜手同心、團結一致，一起呼籲立即釋放鄒幸彤、李卓人和何俊仁，以及一眾香港政治犯。
