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Pro-democracy young activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, shout slogans in front of the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy young activist Joshua Wong talks to reporters in front of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists, Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy young activist Joshua Wong talks to reporters in front of the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists, Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy young activist Nathan Law talks to reporters in front of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists, Law, Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy young activist Alex Chow talks to reporters in front of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists, Chow, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, shout slogans in front of the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, walk out of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. The three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, speak to reporters outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, left, and Nathan Law listen to reporter's questions outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists, Wong, Law and Alex Chow, are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy young activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, speak to the media outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. The three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
- Kin Cheung
Pro-democracy young activists, from left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, leave the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. The three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
- Kin Cheung
A yellow umbrella is displayed by a pro-democracy activist outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three young Hong Kong activists are making a last-ditch attempt to overturn prison sentences for their roles in sparking 2014's massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
- Vincent Yu