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Hours After Prison Release, Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Joins Protest Calls for Extradition Bill Withdrawal

Hours After Prison Release, Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Joins Protest Calls for Extradition Bill Withdrawal
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong speaks to the media and supporters outside the Legislative Council shortly after being released from prison in Hong Kong on June 17, 2019. Carl Court/Getty Images
Iris Tao
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About four hours after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was released from prison on June 17 morning, he joined protesters gathered near the city’s legislature calling for the full withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill.

Wong, 22, was the public face of the 2014 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests known as the Umbrella Movement.

Iris Tao
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Iris Tao is a Washington correspondent covering the White House for NTD. Prior to her work at the White House, she reported on U.S. politics and U.S.–China relations from NTD’s New York headquarters. She holds degrees in journalism and economics from Boston University.
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