Hong Kong Occupy student leaders to speak on reform at international summit
Pair who headed Occupy movement will be first Hongkongers to give talk at human rights forum
Two student leaders of the Occupy movement have been invited to an international human rights summit to speak on Hong Kong's political reform.
Alex Chow Yong-kang, secretary-general of the Federation of Students, and his deputy Lester Shum, have confirmed their attendance at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on February 24.
Introducing the duo as "major delegate[s] of the umbrella movement to the only dialogue with the Hong Kong government", the summit's website announced their participation, with their photos promoted on the front page.
The duo will be the first Hongkongers to speak at the forum, organised by a coalition of 20 human rights non-government organisations worldwide ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council's main annual session, which starts on March 2.
The summit is intended to influence the discussions of the UN session which are dominated by governments.
Chow said he would be speaking on the restrictive framework laid down by the National People's Congress Standing Committee in August for the city's chief executive election.