Jailed HK activist sentenced to further 10 months
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Hong Kong student activist and general secretary of the anti-government party Demosisto Joshua Wong answers questions from journalists about the situation in Hong Kong at the Federal Press Conference. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm/dpa/IANS. Image Source: IANS News
Hong Kong, May 6 : Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was on Thursday sentenced to another 10 months in prison for taking part in an unsanctioned protest last year to mark the anniversary of China s crackdown on the democracy movement on June 4, 1989.
Three district councillors sentenced alongside the 24-year-old activist received between four and six months of jail time, reports dpa news agency.
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Hong Kong s Joshua Wong gets extra jail time for Tiananmen vigil
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3 Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong pleaded guilty taking part in an unlawful Tiananmen Square protest last year.
HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an unlawful protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Hong Kong has regularly marked the anniversary of Beijing s deadly 1989 repression of protests in Tiananmen Square with huge candlelight vigils.
But last year s event was banned for the first time, with police citing the coronavirus pandemic and security fears following huge democracy protests that roiled Hong Kong the year before.
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Activist Joshua Wong is already serving jail sentences linked to protests in 2019
Imprisoned Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong has been handed an additional 10-month sentence on after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an unlawful protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Hong Kong has regularly marked the anniversary of Beijing s deadly 1989 repression of protests in Tiananmen Square with huge candlelight vigils.
But last year s event was banned for the first time, with police citing the coronavirus pandemic and security fears following huge democracy protests that roiled Hong Kong the year before.
Tens of thousands defied the ban and massed peacefully at the vigil s traditional site in Victoria Park.