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– Hong Kong imprisons democracy activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 17, 2017

Three young leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement have been jailed for leading the 2014 protests.
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