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Wong<\/a>, 21, who had pleaded guilty to the contempt charge, was already on bail pending an\u00a0appeal<\/a>\u00a0over a six-month sentence for another offence related to the Umbrella Movement.<\/p>\n It comes as some fear prison terms for leading campaigners are discouraging young people from expressing their views and muzzling freedom of speech in the semi-autonomous city, where there are growing signs that China is increasing its control.<\/p>\n Judge Andrew Chan described Wong’s involvement in obstructing the clearance operation as “deep and extensive” in his written judgement.<\/p>\n “He played a leading role on that day,” he added. “The only appropriate punishment for Mr Wong is immediate imprisonment.”<\/p>\n Fellow activist Raphael Wong was jailed for four months and 15 days Wednesday over the same incident.<\/p>\n Chan denied both bail but defence lawyers pushed for him to reconsider his decision and were granted a further hearing Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n Meanwhile both activists were taken into custody by security guards.<\/p>\n “Our determination to fight for democracy will not change!” Raphael Wong shouted as he was led away.<\/p>\n ‘No regrets’<\/strong><\/p>\n Ahead of the hearing, Joshua Wong — who became the teenage face of the Umbrella Movement — said he had “no regrets” about his involvement.<\/p>\n “They can lock up our bodies but they can’t lock up our minds,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n Dozens of supporters gathered outside the High Court, chanting: “Civil disobedience, no fear!” and “I’m a Hong Konger, I want universal suffrage!”<\/p>\n The\u00a0Umbrella Movement\u00a0<\/a>was an unprecedented rebuke to Beijing as tens of thousands of protesters brought parts of the city to a standstill demanding fully free leadership elections to replace a system where the chief executive is selected by a pro-Beijing committee.<\/p>\n They failed to win concessions and since then leading activists have been charged over their involvement.<\/p>\n Beijing has been further incensed by the emergence of some activists calling for independence for Hong Kong since the failure of the Umbrella Movement to win reform.<\/p>\n Wong’s party Demosisto wants self-determination for the city.<\/p>\n Hong Kong has been governed under a “one country, two systems” deal since 1997, when Britain handed the territory back to China.<\/p>\n The agreement allows citizens rights unseen on the mainland, including freedom of speech and a partially directly elected parliament, as well as an independent judiciary, but there are concerns those liberties are being eroded.<\/p>\n Wong was jailed for six months in August on unlawful assembly charges for involvement in the storming of a fenced-off government forecourt known as Civic Square in September 2014, which sparked the wider Umbrella Movement rallies.<\/p>\n Wong and fellow campaigners Nathan Law and Alex Chow were originally given non-custodial sentences by a lower court over that incident, but after the government’s intervention they were jailed by the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n The government’s move was seen as further evidence of Beijing’s growing influence over Hong Kong.<\/p>\n Their appeal against their sentences is currently being considered by Hong Kong’s top court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" France 24 Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was jailed for three months Wednesday for obstructing clearance of a major encampment during mass pro-democracy protests in 2014, the second time he has been imprisoned over the rallies. 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