Tag: Agnes Chow

US Commission Says Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Should Never Have Been Imprisoned

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, on June 12 spoke out against the imprisonment of Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow. Chow, 24, was released from prison on Saturday morning after serving more than six months for taking part in an unauthorized protest near the police headquarters in Hong Kong…


Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Transferred to Maximum-Security Prison: Media Reports

Recently jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was transferred to a maximum-security prison in the city on Dec. 31, according to local media reports. Chow, 24, earlier this year pleaded guilty to participating in and inciting others to take part in an “unlawful assembly” on June 2019. She was sentenced to 10 months in…