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Hong Kong, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and nine other well-known pro-democracy figures pleaded guilty in court on Monday to organizing an unauthorized assembly on China's national day in 2019.In addition to Lai, 73, veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan, lawyer and veteran democrat Albert Ho, convener of Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan, former district councilor Richard Tsoi, and former lawmakers Cyd Ho, Yeung Sum, Avery Ng and Sin Chung-kai pleaded guilty to the same charge. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF THE NEXT DIGITAL HEADQUARTERS 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, Nov 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong activists, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, have been placed in custody at a detention center in the city as they await sentencing by a local court on charges of "organizing an unauthorized assembly" in June 2019, sources from the now-defunct Demosisto political party confirmed to EFE.The three accused, who testified on Monday at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, have been remanded in custody at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre ahead of their sentencing on Dec. 2, in which they face up to five years in prison, Isaac Cheng Ka Long, former vice-chairman of the disbanded party, explained to EFE. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).B-ROLL OF THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Oct 8 (EFE/EPA).- Relatives of Hong Kong residents detained in China carried out a protest Thursday outside the Government Flying Service in Hong Kong.A group of relatives of the the twelve Hong Kong residents, which are being detained in Shenzhen for allegedly crossing illegally into Chinese waters while trying to flee to Taiwan by boat, accused the Government Flying Service of tracking the 12 and giving away their geographical position to the Chinese authorities in order to arrest them.(Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: RELATIVES OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS DETAINED IN CHINA PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
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
Hong Kong, May 28 (EFE / EPA) .- Democratic activist Joshua Wong and pro-democracy party leaders of Demosisto, Agnes Chow and Nathan Law held a press conference Thursday outside the Legislative Council to show their position on the comments made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said Hong Kong can no longer be considered autonomous from China. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)FOOTAGE SHOWS PRESS CONFERENCE OF ACTIVIST JOSHUA WONG AND MEMBERS OF THE PRODEMOCRATIC PARTY DEMOSISTO OUTSIDE THE LIGESILATIVE COUNCIL HONG KONG.
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