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EPISODE · Oct 14, 2021 · 6 MIN

Martin Lee, a fight for democracy (Write the Wrongs - episode 29)

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The famously proclaimed father of democracy in Hong Kong finds himself behind bars today. Martin Lee is the eighty-two-year-old barrister-politician who has been convicted, just like other prominent faces from the city, for the pro-democracy protests of August 2019. But how did he get here? Why did he come out of political retirement? How did the star of Hong Kong struggle for democratic values end up facing charges?

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