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BREAKING: Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been arrested, according to a statement from the political party he co-founded bloom.bg/32f6yPY 
Joshua Wong, who served time in jail for his role in Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy movement, was detained around 7:30 a.m. on his way to the subway station, his Demosisto party said in a statement bloom.bg/32f6yPY
Joshua Wong's arrest, according to his party, comes the day after the leader of a Hong Kong group that has organized record-breaking mass marches was attacked by two unidentified armed masked men bloom.bg/32f6yPY
Joshua Wong spoke with @tictoc in June shortly after his release from jail.
"Now is the time...for Beijing and Hong Kong government to realize the voice of people," he said. bloom.bg/32f6yPY
"Now is the time...for Beijing and Hong Kong government to realize the voice of people," he said. bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was on his way to a subway station when he “was suddenly pushed into a private car on the street," according to a statement from his party, before he was escorted to police headquarters on "the basis of three charges" bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc Police had banned a mass rally planned for Saturday, citing public safety concerns, as authorities brace for a 13th straight weekend of protests bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow was also arrested at her home Friday morning, according to Demosisto bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc LATEST: Prominent Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Andy Chan and Agnes Chow have been arrested as authorities try to clamp down on pro-democracy protests that have raged for nearly three months bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc Some believed Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam may seek to use tougher measures available to her administration under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, which Joshua Wong said he was going to discuss with officials on a planned trip to Washington bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc Andy Chan, who founded the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party, spoke with @tictoc last August.
"Once you stand for democracy, independence or even human rights, you could be jailed," he said. "The government will suppress you by all means." bloom.bg/32f6yPY
"Once you stand for democracy, independence or even human rights, you could be jailed," he said. "The government will suppress you by all means." bloom.bg/32f6yPY
@tictoc The arrests of Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Andy Chan and Agnes Chow as well as a ban on a march planned for Saturday run the risk of drawing more people into the streets for unauthorized rallies, which can more easily get out of hand, say observers bloom.bg/32f6yPY
