Last verified: September 13, 2026. political activist and Umbrella Movement participant
Current classification
FORMER PRISONER / HISTORICAL CASE — sentenced in April 2019 to eight months’ imprisonment; not classified as currently imprisoned on this case.
Case record
Raphael Wong was one of the Umbrella Nine convicted over public-nuisance-related charges arising from peaceful 2014 protests. On April 24, 2019 he received an eight-month prison term. Amnesty International called for the jailed Umbrella Movement leaders to be released and their convictions overturned.
Evidence and provenance
This archive separates present custody from historical arrest, conviction, suspended sentence, fine, release or appeal status. It does not project release dates from sentence arithmetic and does not convert an administrative or ordinary criminal conviction into a National Security Law conviction unless the record supports that characterization.
- Amnesty International — Umbrella Movement leaders sentencing
- Free China Movement — Hong Kong Political Prisoners & the Erosion of Freedom, 1997–Present
Related hub: Hong Kong Political Prisoners & the Erosion of Freedom — 1997–Present.