U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi called on lawmakers and the international community to press for the release of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, a Christian who now faces the possibility of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to a national security charge.
On the afternoon of September 6, several democracy and human rights groups held a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, titled "Support Joshua Wong, Pursuing Democracy is Not a Crime." (Lin Ruoshui/Epoch Times)