Hong Kong pro-democracy activists ‘honoured’ by Nobel nomination

In this file photo taken on January 16, 2018 bailed Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong (left), Nathan Law (centre) and Alex Chow face the media outside the Court of Final Appeal before their first appeal hearing against jail sentences in Hong Kong. -AFP

HONG KONG: Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow Friday said they were honoured to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a group of US lawmakers at a time when the city’s freedoms are “under serious attack by China”.

A bipartisan group of four senators and eight members of the House announced Thursday that they had nominated the activists “in recognition of their peaceful efforts to bring political reform and self-determination to Hong Kong.”