Zou Xingkong (a prominent pro-democracy activist and former vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China), who is representing herself, has begun calling defence witnesses in her ongoing sedition trial in Hong Kong. During her own six-day testimony, Zou argued that the Alliance's longstanding goal of "ending one-party rule" was simply an expression of democratic values and never a tool to incite subversion, while a judge emphasised that the court would not make factual findings about the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The case, which involves Zou and fellow activist Lee Cheuk-yan, is set to conclude closing arguments on 18 May, and its outcome is seen as a significant marker of the shrinking space for political dissent in Hong Kong under the national security law.