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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison
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A court in Hong Kong has recently made a decision. It sends three people to **prison**. These people were important **organizers** of a special event. This event is called a **vigil**.
The vigil remembers something sad that happened many years ago in Tiananmen Square. For a long time, people in Hong Kong could hold this vigil every year. It was a way to remember and speak freely.
Now, the court says these organizers must stay in prison for about five to seven years. Many people think this shows that freedoms in Hong Kong are changing. The government in Beijing is becoming stricter, and people worry about their rights in Hong Kong.
Vocabulary Help
prison
a place where criminals are kept as punishment for a crime
organizers
people who plan and arrange an event or activity
vigil
a period of time when people stay awake, often at night, to pray, remember someone, or protest
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