In 2014, during the height of mass pro-democracy protests known as the Umbrella Movement, Beijing cut access to the photo-sharing app Instagram inside the mainland. Reuters contributed to this report. 

Joshua Wong, activist and the iconic leader from the 2014 Umbrella Movement, called the court ruling a “rare legal victory” for protesters in a tweet.

"We are approaching dangerously close to one country, one system,” said Wong, who first rose to prominence as a student leader during the 2014 Umbrella Movement, which called for universal suffrage in the city's elections.

Joshua Wong—the iconic activist from the Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement and secretary-general of pro-democracy party Demosistō—is being barred from running in the district council elections next month.

Tellingly, the number of emigration inquiries has increased multiple times recently, and surpassed the inquiry hike that occurred five years ago during the “Umbrella Movement.”

In the background of the painting, Schafer decided to incorporate a scene from years earlier—that of a large group of Hongkongers holding umbrellas, symbolizing the Hong Kong student “Umbrella Movement" from 2014, where the protesters carried umbrellas

Liu first started his forum around the time the pro-democracy “Umbrella Movement” in Hong Kong took off. Beijing had launched a nationwide campaign to censor any news about the massive protests, in order to maintain “social stability.”

Benny Tai, a leading activist who was jailed for his role in the "Umbrella" movement, says that campaign revolutionized youngsters and set the stage for the current protests.

Today, the result of the four separate Amhara Fano groups' fighting against the Abiy government over the past several years was the creation—finally—of the Amhara Fano National Movement (AFNM) as an umbrella for all civil and military operations.

During his tenure, the association also joined the "Alliance for Peace and Democracy" initiated by Robert Chow Yung and other pro-Communist figures to oppose the 2014 Occupy Central and Umbrella Movement for true universal suffrage.

Jim Risch (R-Idaho), have previously voiced concerns about Beijing’s interference in Hong Kong’s local elections, pointing to Joshua Wong—activist and iconic leader from the 2014 Umbrella Movement—who was barred from running in the Nov. 24 district council

Joshua Wong, the iconic figure from the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the secretary-general of pro-democracy party Demosistō, also took to Twitter shortly after learning the news and mourned the loss of a “freedom fighter” in Hong Kong.

The APSP is an umbrella group for the Uhuru movement, its activist arm. Federal prosecutors said Ionov connected with Yeshitela in May 2015, inviting him to Russia to discuss furthering their working relationship.

Wong, who was a student leader in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, filed his application to run as district councilor in the South Horizons West Constituency as part of the pro-democracy camp on Oct. 4.

The protest will mark five years since the 2014 Umbrella Movement demanded that the government grant the people of Hong Kong universal suffrage.

The model has been viewed by a majority of people in Taiwan as a failure after Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014.

While at university, he was the secretary general of Hong Kong Federation of Students, and later became the founding chairman of Demosisto, a new political party founded after the 2014 Umbrella Movement.

Joshua Wong, activist and the iconic figure from the 2014 Umbrella Movement, urged Trump to sign the bill to support Hong Kong protests. “Human right should never be override [sic] by the trade deal,” Wong tweeted.

(Cleine/AFP via Getty Images) Wenda is the interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, established in 2014 as a new umbrella group for separatist movements in the region.

After 16 years in Hong Kong, Damian Coory saw the gradual “encroachment of big government” come to a head with the Umbrella protest movement in 2014, which saw hundreds of thousands of students occupy the busy streets of the financial hub in reaction

Wong, an iconic student leader from the 2014 Umbrella Movement, said Trump’s announcement was the symbol of a new era in the U.S.-Hong Kong relationship—the result of Hongkongers’ nonstop protests since June.

Wong, 22, first rose to international prominence during the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, which called for universal suffrage in Hong Kong elections.

"I was 11 when the Umbrella Movement happened. I only went to the occupied sites a few times with my family." In sweltering heat of 32 degrees C (89.6°F), some protesters chanted, "Withdraw evil law, release martyrs ...

At the beginning of the rally, several prominent activists took to the stage to address the crowd, including Joshua Wong, iconic leader from the 2014 Umbrella Movement; pro-democracy lawmakers Wu Chi-wai and Roy Kwong; and Jimmy Sham, convenor of the

They rose to prominence for their involvement in the 2014 Umbrella Movement, during which tens of thousands of young protesters staged sit-ins calling for universal suffrage.

Although the recent protests were sparked by an extradition bill that was later scrapped, demonstrators are continuing calls against CCP interference seen in the 2014 Umbrella movement, and are making "five demands" that include universal suffrage in

pic.twitter.com/0Soh4nvleL — Denise Ho (HOCC) (@hoccgoomusic) November 28, 2019 Joshua Wong, activist and the iconic figure from the 2014 Umbrella Movement, tweeted that the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act “signifies fundamental change of

"Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow, and other Umbrella Movement protesters are pro-democracy champions worthy of admiration, not criminals deserving jail time."

In September 2014, a student-led civil disobedience movement remembered as “Occupy Central” or the “Umbrella Movement” broke out in Hong Kong, during which activists staged a 79-day sit-in protest at government headquarters to advocate for universal suffrage

After the Umbrella Movement, the government here hasn’t made any changes,” said Chan, another University of Hong Kong student.  On June 11, U.S.