Hong Kong Democracy Protester Joshua Wong Is Jailed For 13 Months

Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists, was jailed on Wednesday for a total of 13 and a half months after pleading guilty to charges related to unlawful assembly at last year's anti-government protests.
But despite being jailed on Wednesday, Wong vowed to keep campaigning for democracy in Hong Kong.
'It's not the end of the fight,' he wrote on his verified Twitter account in a message conveyed by lawyers shortly after a judge sentenced him and two others to prison.
'Ahead of us is another challenging battleground.

We're now joining the battle in prison along with many brave protesters, less visible yet essential in the fight for democracy and freedom for HK,' the tweet added.   
Wong's long-time colleagues Agnes Chow, 23, and Ivan Lam, 26, were jailed for a total of 10 and seven months, respectively, after pleading guilty to charges linked to the same siege of police headquarters at the height of the protests in June 2019.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court, in Hong Kong, Wednesday.

He has been jailed for 13 and a half months for his involvement in last year's anti-government demonstrations
The protest took place on June 21 last year, and saw thousands surround the police headquarters as they demonstrated against excessive force by police against protesters, as well as a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China. 
In June, Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong to crack down on dissent. 
The judge reduced overall jail terms after their guilty pleas.
Wong rose to international prominence as one of the leaders of Hong Kong's 2014 student-led Umbrella democracy protests, pictured in October 2019
Pictured, L-R: Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong, arriving for their trail at West Kowloon Magistrates Court in Hong Kong.

The trio have been jailed for their involvement in pro-democracy protests in the city last year
Their sentences come as critics of the government say it is intensifying a crackdown on the Chinese-ruled city's wide-ranging freedoms guaranteed when Britain returned it to Beijing in 1997, a charge authorities in China and Hong Kong reject.  
Wong rose to international prominence as one of the leaders of Hong Kong's 2014 student-led Umbrella democracy protests, in which roads in the heart of the financial center were blocked for 79 days.
Two years earlier at the age of 15, and with the help of secondary school activists who formed a group called Scholarism, he forced the Hong Kong government to shelve plans to introduce a pro-China national education scheme in schools.
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A familiar face at Hong Kong protests, Wong is also no stranger to jail. He spent five weeks in jail last year - his third stint - for contempt of court, before being released in June when anti-government demonstrations were already in full swing.
The bespectacled activist was nominated for kynghidongduong.vn a Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his leading role in the Umbrella movement.
Wong's pro-democracy group Demosisto disbanded hours after China passed a national security law in June that punishes what it broadly defines as sedition, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces with up to life in jail.
Supporters of Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow wave to a Correctional Services Department vehicle outside a court in Hong Kong last week
Pictured: A person is detained by a policeman in riot gear in November during the Hong Kong protests that saw violent clashes between police and demonstrators across the city
Pictured: Police fire a tear gas outside the government headquarters last year as pro-democracy protesters continued their demonstration against a bill - that was later passed - which allows extraditions to mainland China
He is one of more than a dozen young, more confrontational politicians who outshone old guard democrats in unofficial opposition primary elections in July.
Many saw the election as a protest against national security legislation that Beijing imposed on the city on June 30. 
Wong was also among 12 opposition candidates disqualified from running for a seat in the city's legislature in elections due to be held in September but which were postponed due to COVID-19.
While Wong was not a leading figure of the often violent protests that shook the semi-autonomous financial hub last year, he has galvanized support for the pro-democracy movement abroad.
Demonstrators carry umbrellas as they march along a street in Hong Kong last year
Wong has met politicians from the United States, Europe and elsewhere, drawing the wrath of Beijing, which says he is a 'black hand' of foreign forces.
'If my voice will not be heard soon, I hope that the international community will continue to speak up for tử cấm thành bắc kinh Hong Kong and step up concrete efforts to defend our last bit of freedom,' Wong said when he stepped down from Demosisto in June.
Wong has also written opinion articles in international newspapers as he has grown from a skinny, boyish looking teenage protester into an international lobbyist.
Wong has been repeatedly detained for his role in organizing pro-democracy rallies.

In 2018, he was sentenced to a second jail term of three months for what a judge described as his 'leading' role in protests.
Wong faced multiple charges related to the protests last year and for participating in an illegal assembly on June 4, 2020, to commemorate the crackdown on pro-democracy students in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989.