Agnes Chow: activist leaves jail as China says Hong Kong ‘pawn in geopolitics’
by Staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5JZFT)
Key figure in 2019 anti-government protests was imprisoned for more than six months under national security law imposed by mainland China
The Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for taking part in unauthorised assemblies during 2019 anti-government protests that triggered a crackdown on dissent by mainland China.
Chow, 24, was greeted by a crowd of journalists as she left the Tai Lam women's prison on Saturday. She got out of a prison van and into a private car without making any remarks.
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