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Agnes Chow, 21, a member of democracy activist Joshua Wong’s Demosisto party, speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. The Hong Kong government barred a young pro-democracy activist on Saturday from an upcoming election over her party’s political platform that it said violates electoral laws, in the latest move by the semiautonomous Chinese city to squelch dissent. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)