A court finds the police ban was not lawful but Chow Hang-tung stays in custody on separate charges.
Chow Hang Tung was sentenced to 15 months jail in January but her conviction has been overturned
Hong Kong authorities have cited Covid restrictions as the reason for its ban on Tiananmen vigils since 2020.Ms Chow was arrested in June 2021 However a High Court judge on Wednesday found police had not properly explored the options for how the demonstration could have gone ahead in a Covid-safe manner.
Ms Chow and other human rights advocates have long argued that Covid restrictions were just an excuse for Hong Kong authorities to ban commemorations of the Tiananmen protests - a heavily censored and highly sensitive topic in mainland China.
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