Hong Kong imprisons pro-democracy student activist Joshua Wong and two others after overturning sentences
Outspoken protester jailed along with colleagues Nathan Law and Alex Chow for organising huge 'illegal' rally in September 2014
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Your support makes all the difference.A court has overturned the earlier sentences of young Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and two other student leaders and sentenced them to prison in connection with huge pro-democracy protests in 2014.
Last year Wong and student leader and disqualified politician Nathan Law were sentenced to community service for leading or encouraging an illegal rally in September 2014.
A third activist, Alex Chow, was given a suspended three-week prison sentence.
A three-judge panel on Thursday decided to stiffen those sentences and send all three to prison.
Law was sentenced to eight months, Chow to seven and Wong to six.
In 2014, the activists brought major thoroughfares to a standstill for 11 weeks to protest against Beijing's plan to restrict elections in the Chinese-ruled former British colony.
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