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Agnes Zhou, Hong Kong activist Denied bail After the important trial

Agnes Zhou, Hong Kong activist Denied bail After the important trial Waiting for an appeal of 10 months in prison for unauthorized assembly.

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On December 9, 2020, the news agency Reuters Reported that Agnes Zhou activists for Hong Kong democracy. Was denied bail last Wednesday. To await her 10-month jail sentence appeal for charges in connection with an unauthorized assembly. During last year’s anti-government protests by 24-year-old activist Agnes Zhou was jailed on December 2 along with Joshua Wong on the grounds that they participated in an imminent illegal rally. The Hong Kong Police Agency in 2019 was the toughest and highest-profile number of the opposition ruling this year.

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Agnes Chau’s trial comes after about 16 activists have been arrested since Monday as part of a relentless crackdown on opposition forces in China-ruled Hong Kong. Critics say Chinese-backed government in Hong Kong It is eroding the freedom of Hong Kong broadly, although in the past, China had been warranted by Britain. That Hong Kong will still enjoy a wide range of freedom After the British returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997. Collection officials in Beijing and Hong Kong declined.

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Agnes Zhou, along with Joshua Wong and Nathan Lowe, have formed a Demosisto, a party that supports the now-defunct democracy. The party was formed in 2016, and it was dissolved after Beijing passed a national security law in just hours. Which this national security law Was promulgated on 30 June 2020

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Agnes Zhou was previously arrested in August 2020 under a new security law. It is suspected of “collusion with foreign forces” but has not been charged by the National Security Act. China has broadly established this law as inciting the isolation of terrorism. And collusion with foreign forces With the maximum punishment is life imprisonment

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For Agnes Zhou was born in Hong Kong. Currently 24 years old, he is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. She is a former member of the Demosisto Party Committee. And former spokesperson for the Scolaris (International advocacy group that rejects mainland China influence) Agnes Zhou previously attended Hong Kong Baptist University in the field of governance and international relations. In 2018, Agnes Zhou has requested to postpone her final year of university studies. In order to work in Hong Kong elections, Agnes Chau (born 1996) also gave up her overseas British citizenship. Which is a property defined by the fundamental law In order to devote ourselves to changing Hong Kong for the better as well

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