Three Young Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Jailed for 2019 Protests

Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists received prison sentences Wednesday in connection to a protest outside the cityࢀ™s police headquarters in June 2019. The harshest sentence was handed down to 24-year-old Joshua Wong, who was sentenced to 13-and-a-half months in prison for organizing and inciting an unlawful assembly. Twenty-three year-old Agnes Chow was given a 10-month sentence for participating and inciting others to participate, while 26-year-old Ivan Lam received 7 months on a charge of incitement. The trio pled guilty to the charges last month during a court appearance on the advice of their lawyers. Factbox: The Young Hong Kong…