China has continued its crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Joshua Wong, a prominent democracy activist in Hong Kong has been jailed. Millie Turner had this article in CityA.M. Here is an excerpt:

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been jailed for four months today for ‘unauthorised assembly’ and breaching an anti-mask law during a demonstration in October 2019.

Among 47 others charged under a national security law, Wong is currently serving a separate 13.5-month jail term for organising an unauthorised assembly outside police headquarters in June 2019, to which he pleaded guilty in January.

It comes as Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, imprisoned for his pro-democracy activism, wrote a letter from prison today urging that “freedom of speech is a dangerous job,” as he awaits his sentencing.

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