Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Zen, 4 others over unregistered fund

Hong Kong's Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of retired Cardinal Joseph Zen and four activists for failing to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which supported protesters from the 2019 anti-government movement. The ruling affirms the magistrate's interpretation that the fund constituted a society under the Societies Ordinance. This marks a continued judicial crackdown on civil society actors linked to the 2019 protests, reinforcing legal constraints on dissent in Hong Kong.