International rights groups are criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, after three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were remanded in custody following a court appearance on Nov. 23.
Prominent activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, and pleaded guilty to charges relating to their participation in a mass protest outside of the city’s police headquarters on June 21 last year. The three will be sentenced on Dec. 2.
