Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong freed from jail, will join protest

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong walked free from prison on Monday after serving nearly five weeks for contempt of court, pledging to join a mass protest movement demanding that the city’s Be

ijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, step down.

“I will join to fight against this evil law,” said Wong, 22, who was one of the leaders of the 2014 “Umbrella” pro-democracy protests that blocked major roads in the Chinese-ruled city for 79 days.Before he was jailed, both Wong and his supporters had called for the Hong Kong government to scrap the extradition proposal.

 

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