FILE PHOTO: Former student leader Joshua Wong reacts outside High Court before receiving his sentence in Hong Kong. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong student protest leader Joshua Wong was released on bail on Tuesday, less than a week after he was jailed for a second time for the 2014 pro-democracy protests that blocked the Chinese-ruled city's major roads for months.
The 21-year-old activist, who has become the face of Hong Kong's movement to push for full democracy and defend its autonomy, is appealing against a three-month jail sentence for disobeying a court order and not leaving a protest zone.
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