FILE PHOTO - Student leaders Nathan Law and Joshua Wong arrive at the High Court to face verdict on charges relating to the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, also known as Occupy Central protests, in Hong Kong, China August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's highest court on Tuesday granted bail to two prominent young democracy activists, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who were jailed for unlawful assembly linked to the city's large-scale pro-democracy protests in 2014.
Hong Kong's appeals court in August jailed Wong, Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's democracy movement, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference.
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