Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow failed to report to authorities on Thursday, police said, weeks after she announced she had fled to Canada and would not return to meet her bail conditions. Activist A…

Cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/10639958

Chow was jailed for her role in Hong Kong’s massive 2019 pro-democracy protests, but was later allowed to go abroad to study on condition that she reported in person to police at specified times.

The activist said on December 3 that she had decided not to return to the Chinese city after “considering the situation in Hong Kong, my personal safety, my physical and mental health”.

  •  some_guy   ( @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
    13•11 months ago

    My partner is a political refugee from Thailand. She was jailed for criticizing the monarchy on Facebook. She fled when she got out. She can never go back. She misses her family.

    I’m pulling for this lady. She has a difficult life ahead, even if she escaped prison.