香港法庭裁定两名民主派记者犯有“煽动”罪及“非法思想”罪，并判处监禁。55岁的钟沛权以及36岁的赖志东因涉嫌透过《立场新闻》媒体平台发布煽动材料而被判有罪。
钟沛权曾是《立场新闻》的前总编辑，获判21个月徒刑；赖志东则是其继任者，并因其健康状况及其他因素，减刑至14个月。他们成为自1997年中国接收香港主权以来，首批因此类犯罪被判刑的记者。
这两位男子以及《立场新闻》的母公司“最佳铅笔”也被裁定有罪。抗议歌曲《光宗耀祖之歌》被香港宣布为非法。
裁判官郭伟健指出：“三名被告并非进行真实的媒体工作，而是参与所谓的‘抵抗运动’。”
为打击对中国的民主声音，北京自2019年反政府示威之后，在香港实施了国家安全法。随后通过《国家安全法案》，制定了叛国和叛乱的刑罚，并允许因持有叛国材料而被判处监禁。
法庭辩论中，钟沛权表示：“我们没有秘密目标，只是记录公众高度关注的重要事件。”
今年5月，14名香港民主派活动人士也被判有涉及国家安全的罪行。
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原文地址：Hong Kong journalists sentenced for ‘sedition’ and promoting ‘illegal ideologies’
新闻日期：2024-09-26
原文摘要：
Two pro-democracy journalists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to prison for "seditious" activities and "illegal ideologies." Chung Pui-kuen, 55, and Patrick Lam, 36, were found guilty in August of conspiring to publish seditious materials through their Stand News media outlet. Chung was the former editor-in-chief of Stand News and received a 21-month prison sentence. HONG KONG JOURNALISTS CONVICTED OF SEDITION AS CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON FREE PRESS: REPORT Lam, Chung's successor, was sentenced to 14 months but had his time reduced due to a variety of factors, such as his time served pre-trial and his health conditions. The two men are the first journalists convicted of such crimes in Hong Kong since the United Kingdom handed over the nation state to Chinese rule in 1997. Best Pencil, the publication's parent company, was also convicted. PROTEST ANTHEM 'GLORY TO HONG KONG' OUTLAWED IN CITY "The three defendants were not conducting genuine media work, but participating in the so-called resistance," District Court Judge Kwok Wai-kin claimed. Hong Kong was placed under a national security law in the years following the 2019 protest movement as Beijing began to crack down on pro-democracy voices throughout China. The Safeguarding National Security Bill, passed in March, offers punishments for treason and insurrection with life imprisonment and allows for punishment for possession of treasonous publications with time in prison. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "We didn’t have a hidden agenda, or any other goals that you couldn’t see," Chung said in his trial last year, according to The New York Times. "We saw very important events with a lot of public interest; we only wanted to document them." In May, 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were also convicted in a national security case. Fox News Digital's Jeffrey Clark and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
