A letter to China: Hong Kong`s democrats should be honoured
(The Guardian China)

An open letter from political figures around the world calls on Beijing to free three jailed pro-democracy activistsThe decision by the courts in Hong Kong to sentence three courageous, principled young men to jail yesterday is an outrageous miscarriage of justice, a death knell for Hong Kong´s rule of law and basic human rights, and a severe blow to the principles of `one country, two systems` on which Hong Kong was returned to China 20 years ago.Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law helped lead the umbrella movement in Hong Kong in 2014 - one of the most peaceful and restrained movements of public protest the world has ever seen. Joshua Wong and Nathan Law have already served the penalties imposed by a court a year ago. Joshua Wong served 80 hours of community service and Nathan Law 120 hours. Alex Chow received a three-week suspended prison sentence a year ago. Yet the Hong Kong government decided to reopen the case and seek tougher punishments. Yesterday the court of appeal jailed Joshua Wong for six months, Alex Chow for seven months and Nathan Law for eight months. Related: Hong Kong urged to free jailed pro-democracy protesters in open letter Continue reading...