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| Hong Kong: democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law granted bail | Hong Kong: democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law granted bail |
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| Hong Kong’s highest court has granted bail to two prominent young democracy activists, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who were jailed for unlawful assembly linked to the city’s large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2014. | Hong Kong’s highest court has granted bail to two prominent young democracy activists, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who were jailed for unlawful assembly linked to the city’s large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2014. |
| Hong Kong’s appeals court in August jailed Wong, Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the Chinese-ruled city’s democracy movement, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference. | Hong Kong’s appeals court in August jailed Wong, Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the Chinese-ruled city’s democracy movement, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference. |
| Hong Kong’s chief justice Geoffrey Ma, who heads the court of final appeal, granted Wong and Law bail while they appeal their six month and eight month jail terms respectively, saying there was no flight risk. | Hong Kong’s chief justice Geoffrey Ma, who heads the court of final appeal, granted Wong and Law bail while they appeal their six month and eight month jail terms respectively, saying there was no flight risk. |
| Local broadcaster RTHK reported that Ma required each man to post 50,000 Hong Kong dollars ($6,400) as bail, surrender their travel documents and report to police once a week. Their appeals will be heard on 7 November. | |
| Dozens of supporters and a large press pack waited outside the courthouse for the pair to appear. | |
| The imprisonment of Wong, Chow and Law for their roles in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests triggered tens of thousands to demonstrate locally, as well as an international outcry. | The imprisonment of Wong, Chow and Law for their roles in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests triggered tens of thousands to demonstrate locally, as well as an international outcry. |
| Wong gained fame for his prominent role in the Hong Kong protests while still a teenager. Law was elected last year to the legislature, becoming the city’s youngest-ever lawmaker, and then was disqualified from office after a government legal challenge over irregularities in his oath. | |
| Chow had not applied for bail. |