Hong Kong Activist Agnes Chow Denied Bail After Landmark Sentencing

Student activist Agnes Chow poses for photo ahead of her campaign to join Legislative Council by election, at Demosisto party's office in Hong Kong, Dec. 8, 2017. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

HONG KONG—Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was denied bail on Wednesday pending an appeal against her 10-month jail sentence on charges related to unauthorised assembly during anti-government protests last year.

The 24-year old activist was jailed on Dec. 2 along with Joshua Wong for their roles in a rally near police headquarters in 2019, the toughest and most high-profile sentencing of opposition figures this year.