During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Nathan Law was one of the five representatives who took part in the dialogue with the Government debating political reform. Upholding non-violent civic actions, Nathan, Joshua Wong and other student leaders founded Demosistō in 2016 and ran for the Legislative Council election. Nathan was elected and became the youngest Legislative Counsellor in history. Yet, his seat was overturned in July 2017 following Beijing’s constitutional reinterpretation. Nathan was later jailed for his participation in the Umbrella Movement. Due to the risk imposed by the draconian National Security Law, Nathan left Hong Kong and continues to speak up for Hong Kong people on the international level. In this episode, we speak to Nathan about Hong Kong's struggle for democracy and the relationship between democracy and human rights.

Executive Producer: Kira Allmann

Produced by: Sandra Fredman and Mónica Arango Olaya

Edited by: Christy Callaway-Gale

Hosted by: Mónica Arango Olaya

Music by: Rosemary Allmann

Show Notes by: Sarah Dobbie

Thanks to: Meghan Campbell, Gauri Pillai, Natasha Holcroft-Emmess

A full transcript of this podcast is available on our website:http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/media/