HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy campaigners raised fears Friday that they too would be jailed after the city’s Beijing-backed government succeeded in putting Joshua Wong and two other prominent activists behind bars.

Supporters and rights group said the sentencing Thursday was more proof that Beijing is tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city and that rule of law is being compromised.

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