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Added on the 24/09/2020 10:45:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images from outside a police station in central Hong Kong where democracy activist Joshua Wong is being held after his arrest for "unlawful assembly" relating to a 2019 protest against a government ban on face masks. IMAGES
Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow walking out of the court after being arrested on Friday morning, accused of "inciting others to take part in unauthorised assembly" among other charges. IMAGES
Hong Kong, May 6 (EFE).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Friday to 10 months in jail for joining an annual vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre in June, which was banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.(Camera: ARCHIVE)SHOT LIST: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF JOSHUA WONG AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL COMMEMORATING THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE HELD IN JUNE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three other fellow advocates were convicted Friday by a local court of participating in an unauthorized 2020 assembly commemorating China’s Tiananmen crackdown.Wong, 24, Lester Shum, 27, Tiffany Yuen, 27, and Jannell Leung, 26, among Hong Kong’s young generation of pro-democracy activists, appeared at the District Court to plead guilty to one count of knowingly taking part in the unauthorized Jun. 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park. The event marked 31 years since Chinese armed forces killed hundreds of protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.“Even when the world changes, we will not change ourselves!” said Wong after the hearing before leaving the dock. The activist is currently serving two jail terms totaling almost a year and a half for protest-related charges. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS JOSHUA WONG, LESTER SHUM, AND TIFFANY YUEN, IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Dec 2 (EFE/EPA).- A Hong Kong court sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 13 and a half months in prison for organizing an "unauthorized assembly" in 2019 that ended the siege of the city's police headquarters.Activists Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were also sentenced to 10 and seven months in prison, respectively, having also been in custody since Nov. 23 in a detention center in the city while waiting for the court’s decision. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, WHERE PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS JOSHUA WONG CHI-FUNG AND IVAN LAM LONG YING ARE BEING HELD, IN HONG KONG.