Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, 30, who first used one of the most popular protest chants of the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations and the first slogan to be declared illegal under a national security law, was released from prison on Wednesday.

Leung first used "Liberate Hong Kong! Revolution of our times" as a campaign slogan for a 2016 legislative election he was later banned from running in, due to his past advocacy for independence from China...