Thousands rally in Hong Kong after pro-democracy 'Umbrella Movement' activists jailed

Thousands rally in Hong Kong after pro-democracy 'Umbrella Movement' activists jailed

FP Staff August 20, 2017, 19:19:15 IST

Thousands of supporters of three jailed young democracy activists took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest their sentences

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Thousands rally in Hong Kong after pro-democracy 'Umbrella Movement' activists jailed
Thousands of supporters of three jailed young democracy activists took to the streets in Hong Kong Sunday to protest their sentences. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies, were sentenced to six to eight months in jail on Thursday for their role in a protest that sparked the months-long demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. AP
The three jailed protest leaders were found guilty last year on unlawful assembly charges for storming a fenced-off government forecourt known as
People took on the summer heat to stream from the eastern district of Wan Chai to the Court of Final appeal in the heart of Hong Kong Island, protesting the jail terms. They held signs including:
Rights groups and activists called the case against the trio
Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland after being handed back to China in 1997 under a
Wong and former legislator Law, who was disqualified from parliament last month following Beijing intervention, had expressed their intentions to run for office in future elections, but will be prevented from standing for five years because their jail terms exceeded three months. Wong, 20, is currently held in a high security prison for young male offenders. Law and Chow are at a maximum security holding centre. AP
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