FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2021, file photo, democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Lai was given a sentence of 13 months in jail Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen candlelight vigil, while seven others convicted on similar charges received sentences of up to 14 months.
Hong Kong’s government has banned the candlelight vigil for the past two years on pandemic control grounds, although it is widely believed the ban is intended to be permanent as authorities look to squelch the city's pro-democracy movement. Two other defendants convicted along with Lai, lawyer Chow Hang-tung and former reporter Gwyneth Ho, were sentenced to 12 and six months respectively for participating in the vigil. Chow was also sentenced for inciting others to join.Others sentenced Monday included Lee Cheuk-yan, the former chairman of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
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🇪🇺10:40-European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Borrell confirmed on Monday that the European Union,the United States,and the United Kingdom are discussing the possibility of introducing a new set of sanctions on Russia amid the tensions between Moscow and Ukraine.
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