Joshua came onto the political scene in 2011 aged 14, when he founded Scholarism and successfully protested against the enforcement of Chinese National Education in Hong Kong. He is Secretary-General of Demosistō, a pro-democracy organization which he founded in 2016 that advocates for self-determination for Hong Kong. In 2018 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the Umbrella Movement. He has been named by TIME, Fortune, Prospect and Forbes as one of the world's most influential leaders. Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong student activist and politician. He has been the subject of two documenta See also 黃之鋒 He has been arrested numerous times for his protesting and activism and has served over 100 days in jail.

When we free our speech, our voice becomes one.See also 黃之鋒 Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong student activist and politician. His actions have sparked worldwide attention, earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and landed him in jail twice.Ĭomposed in three parts, Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner under the Chinese state, and closes with a powerful and urgent call for all of us globally to defend our democratic values. Since then, Joshua has led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the anti-extradition bill protests, which have seen 2 million people - more than a quarter of the population - take to Hong Kong's streets. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first-ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education - and won. When he was 14, Joshua Wong made history. With global democracy under threat, we must act together to defend out rights: now.

An urgent manifesto for global democracy from Joshua Wong, the 23-year-old phenomenon leading Hong Kong's protests - and Nobel Peace Prize nominee - with an introduction by Ai Weiwei

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