Joshua Wong, pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, arrested


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by drbyos Activist Joshua Wong, one of the best known faces of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, was arrested on Thursday for “illegal gathering” during a demonstration in October 2019 in this semi-autonomous territory, informed his lawyer. Wong, 23, indicated on Twitter that he was accused of having violated “the law that prohibited the use of a mask” to hide the face, approved at that time by the local government to try to weaken the demonstrations and that it was later declared unconstitutional. .