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Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist. He was one of the leaders of the 2014 Occupy Movement. In August 2017, he was jailed for six months for storming the government headquarters compound at Tamar, Admiralty, which sparked the 79-day protest.

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13 Oct 1996

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Michael Vidler’s firm has taken on landmark cases ranging from freedom of expression, the right to demonstrate and LGBT rights. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Hong Kong human rights lawyer who took on protest cases shutting law firm

Michael Vidler was involved in high profile cases such as those that related to the 2019 anti-government protests and also represented Joshua Wong Chi-fung.

21 Apr 2022 - 6:22PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong wins appeal to reduce jail sentence by 2 months

19 Jan 2022 - 8:39PM

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Opinion | RIP Hong Kong cinema? 3 reasons it may not survive long term

24 Sep 2021 - 8:56AMvideocam

Video | 10-month jail sentence for HK activist Joshua Wong

7 May 2021 - 1:22PM

HK activist Joshua Wong to be jailed for 10 more months over unauthorised Tiananmen Square vigil

Hong Kong protests

Joshua Wong, 3 others jailed over unauthorised Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong

Judge Stanley Chan says 24-year-old opposition figure and district councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung ‘openly defied the law’, and were ‘wise’ to plead guilty.

6 May 2021 - 11:28PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, three others plead guilty to taking part in Tiananmen vigil

District councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung also admit knowingly taking part in unauthorised assembly, an offence that could earn them five years’ jail.

30 Apr 2021 - 7:13PM

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Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong court adds to Joshua Wong’s jail time with four-month sentence for protest

Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu, 75, jailed for five months over the same unauthorised rally that Wong was a part of, which saw attendees flout a government ban on masks that came into effect that morning.

13 Apr 2021 - 6:22PM

Activist Joshua Wong in Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei neighbourhood in September 2020. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong national security law

Bail denied again for 11 defendants in Hong Kong’s biggest security law case

Of the 21 defendants challenging bail decisions, 11 are denied temporary release and the remainder rescind their applications late on. Forty-seven in total accused of plotting to paralyse the government.

12 Mar 2021 - 2:15PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | HK activists including Joshua Wong arrive at detention centre

2 Mar 2021 - 1:52PM

Hong Kong politics

Beijing official, pro-establishment figures agree on need to put ‘patriots’ in charge

Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, tells seminar in Shenzhen that ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’ is paramount to the future of ‘one country, two systems’.

10 Mar 2021 - 12:39AM

Xia Baolong (centre), director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, attends a seminar with pro-establishment figures in Shenzhen on Monday. Photo: CCTV

Hong Kong courts

Guilty pleas leave activists facing five years in jail over banned June 4 vigil

Joshua Wong among five who plead guilty to taking part in banned event, while 19 others ask for more time as cases are transferred to District Court.

5 Feb 2021 - 7:07PMvideocam

Joshua Wong (centre) takes part in a June 4 vigil in Victoria Park. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong protests

Jailed activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to charges from 2019 mask rally

Wong admits violating the city’s emergency mask ban and taking part in an unauthorised assembly on October 5, 2019, the same day the controversial regulation took effect.

29 Jan 2021 - 7:54PM

My Take | Are pan-democrats ‘calling the top’ of Hong Kong property market?

Many pan-dems have sold their homes, and a few have even fled the city to escape what they claim is rising tyranny. They may be right, at least inadvertently, about exiting a real estate market after a super-bull run that has made local properties the most expensive in the world

21 Jan 2021 - 11:33PM

Hong Kong national security law

UN rights boss: Hong Kong security law having ‘chilling effect’ on freedoms

Michelle Bachelet says recent arrests of democracy activists ‘risk causing a wider chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms.’

10 Dec 2020 - 11:40AMvideocam

Supporters of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam wave as a Correctional Services vehicle, not pictured, leaves a court after the trio were sentenced in Hong Kong. Photo: Bloomberg

Hong Kong protests

Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ US tributes to jailed Hong Kong activists

China’s top body overseeing Hong Kong says sentences handed to Wong and others do not compensate for their crimes against the nation.

5 Dec 2020 - 4:11AM

Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong were among those jailed this week, triggering a supportive statement for the defendants from the US. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face prison

2 Dec 2020 - 9:43PM

Hong Kong Basic Law

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face jail

2 Dec 2020 - 7:09PM

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, two others jailed over police HQ siege

Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow had previously pleaded guilty over their roles in a 15-hour siege of police headquarters in the early days of last year’s anti-government unrest.

5 Dec 2020 - 12:16AMvideocam

Former Demosisto leaders Joshua Wong (right) and Ivan Lam are seen boarding a vehicle before heading to court on Wednesday. Photo: Sam Tsang

Joshua Wong held in solitary confinement, lights on 24 hours a day

Hong Kong opposition activist put in single cell in medical ward after scan reveals ‘a shadow’ in his stomach. Prison source says he is to be held like that for several days, but authorities won’t show Wong the X-rays.

25 Nov 2020 - 9:19PMvideocam

Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow cases may show need for more security laws, Regina Ip says

In debate with former US State Department official, Ip says the ‘one country, two systems’ framework is ‘a work in progress’.

25 Nov 2020 - 4:15PMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong pleads guilty for role in 2019 police headquarters siege

23 Nov 2020 - 2:03PM

Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong pleads guilty for role in 2019 police headquarters siege

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong opposition trio face jail after police HQ siege guilty pleas

Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow to be sentenced next Wednesday. Wong and Lam had been expected to stand trial, but changed their pleas and all three have been remanded.

24 Nov 2020 - 11:09AMvideocam

Hong Kong opposition activists (from left) Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam, and Joshua Wong outside West Kowloon Court. Photo: Winson Wong

Thailand protests

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong calls for global support for Thai protests

Wong chanted slogans and flashed the three-finger Hunger Games salute outside the Thai consulate building in Admiralty.

23 Oct 2020 - 4:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Greta Thunberg backs bid to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives detained on mainland

Teen environmentalist joins global campaign demanding the group’s return to Hong Kong.

18 Oct 2020 - 7:05PMvideocam

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong police chief slams Joshua Wong over fugitive kidnap claims

Commissioner of Police Chris Tang dismisses suggestions of conspiracy to hold 12 wanted Hongkongers across the border, and says all tried to escape justice.

14 Oct 2020 - 11:57PMvideocam

Commissioner of Police Chris Tang at the force’s headquarters in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong national security law

‘I’m ready for jail’: the Hong Kong dissidents who chose to stay and fight

Uncertainty, death threats and surveillance. Post-national security law Hong Kong doesn’t sound so welcoming to dissidents. Even so, to some the risks are worth it.

10 Oct 2020 - 2:12PMvideocam

People chant anti-government slogans in Jordan, Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong’s exiled dissidents: world’s listening, but for how long?

For the first time in the city’s history, Hong Kong has dissidents abroad. But who are they, what do they want, and what will they do when the world moves on?

10 Oct 2020 - 4:26PMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Court grants temporary release to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong

Wong, 23, and long-time activist Koo Sze-yiu, 74, are both charged with taking part in an unauthorised assembly last October 5.

30 Sep 2020 - 3:52PMvideocam

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