Veteran Hong Kong activist jailed for unlawful assembly

Free Speech, China, Hong Kong, Media Industry
Posted on AllSides July 13th, 2022
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A Hong Kong court sentenced a 66-year-old activist known as "Grandma Wong" to eight months' imprisonment on Wednesday, in the second jailing of a veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner in as many days.

 

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