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Hong Kong

Catholic pro-democracy leader released from Hong Kong jail

News: Hong Kong

The Pillar
Jun 14, 2021
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Agnes Chow, the Catholic pro-democracy activist, has been released from prison in Hong Kong after serving more than 6 months for attending an “unlawful” assembly in 2019. Chow, 24, was convicted of attending public protests against a law that would have allowed for political prisoners to be extradited to mainland China to face trial in some circumstance…

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