Tiananmen's Shadow Over Hong Kong As the trial of two democracy activists, Lee Cheuk yan and Chow Hang tung, nears its end, the question on everyone's mind is not whether they will be found guilty, but what this means for the future of free speech and dissent in Hong Kong.
The case against them is a stark reminder that even in a city once celebrated as one of the few places in China where people could publicly mourn Beijing's deadly crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, the authorities are not willing to tolerate any form of dissent.
The prosecution argues that the defendants' remarks over the years were intended to incite others to commit unlawful acts.