| Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam pleaded guilty to participating in an unsanctioned protest in 2019 ... Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their roles in a protest during the massive demonstrations against an extradition bill during the summer of 2019

With a vague and broadly worded national security law in place, large scale protests against the sentences, or against any other actions by the government here or in Beijing, seems for now unlikely ... Wong, Chow, and Lam were charged for their roles in an unauthorized protest outside Hong Kong’s police headquarters in June of last year

Joshua Wong, who emerged from a 79-day street occupation in 2014 as the leading face of a new generation of young activists, was jailed for more than a year for inciting and organizing protesters who besieged Hong Kong police headquarters last year

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 13 ... 5 months in prison after pleading guilty to inciting and organizing an unauthorized protest outside the city"s police headquarters last year, during months of unrest over a proposed extradition bill with China

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail on Wednesday on charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest last year at the city’s police headquarters

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail on charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest last year at the city’s police headquarters

Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, all in their 20s, have been held since pleading guilty in November for organizing a protest last year that surrounded police headquarters

They were imprisoned for their roles in a protest last June

Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam also sentenced over pro-democracy protest at police HQ last yearThe high-profile Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will spend more than a year in jail over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, a Hong Kong court has ruled ... Wong said last week he expected to be jailed after admitting organising the event early on in the city’s protest movement, which began with millions marching against an extradition bill before growing into a broader pro-democracy push