As Agnes Chow Is Sentenced to Prison, Revisit What the Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Told FRONTLINE


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Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, pictured in the February 2020 FRONTLINE documentary "Battle for Hong Kong." Chow was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Dec. 2, 2020, and began serving her sentence on her 24th birthday. December 3, 2020 Patrice Taddonio Agnes Chow, a leading voice in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement pushing back against mainland China’s influence, was sentenced to a 10-month prison term on Wednesday, Dec. 2, on charges involving her role in a June 21, 2019, protest that authorities deemed an unauthorized assembly. Chow, who figured prominently in FRONTLINE’s February 2020 film Battle for Hong Kong , pleaded...