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“I, Agnes Chow Ting, announce I am quitting Hong Kong Demosisto today,” began one statement. Demosisto is an activist group that had been at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement’s global lobbying effort.
A pedestrian walks past a government-sponsored advertisement promoting a new national security law in Hong Kong on June 30, 2020. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images
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Jack Hazlewood
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Jack Hazlewood is a student and activist based in London, England. He previously worked for a localist political party in Hong Kong, and served as field producer for the conflict journalism outlet Popular Front’s documentary “Add Oil,” which followed frontline protestors in Hong Kong in the run up to China’s national day in 2019.
