A social worker who tried to mediate during the peak of Hong Kong's mass anti-government protests in 2019 has been convicted of rioting at a retrial.

HK social worker Jackie Chen has been found guilty of rioting during a protest in 2019, following a retrial that came after the government's appeal.

Chen pleaded not guilty and declined to testify during her retrial on a rioting charge related to an incident in 2019 when she used a megaphone to urge police to exercise restraint as pro-democracy protests swirled in the China-ruled city.

A Hong Kong social worker was found guilty of rioting during the city's 2019 democracy protests, with the court on Tuesday rejecting her claim of being a mediator and ruling