Hong Kong Activists Sentenced For Their Role In Anti-Government Protest – By Emily Feng (NPR) / Dec 2 2020
A trio of young Hong Kong opposition activists have been sentenced after pleading guilty to organizing a demonstration last year as part of a larger protest against Hong Kong’s receding autonomy.
Their sentencing on Wednesday is the latest blow to the region’s opposition movement which seeks to preserve Hong Kong’s limited autonomy from Beijing.
The three — Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam — have been held without bail since pleading guilty in late November for organizing and participating in the protest last year that surrounded police headquarters. Wong, Chow and Lam, all in their 20s, are also founding members of the now-disbanded Demosisto opposition political party.
“We’re now joining the battle in prison along with many brave protesters, less visible yet essential in the fight for democracy and freedom for HK,” Wong wrote through his lawyers on Twitter shortly after the sentencing.
