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On the 26 September 2014 Nathan Law stood on a makeshift stage outside Hong Kong's central government complex and chanted \u2018Democracy Now\u2019 and \u2018Freedom\u2019 into a microphone.

He was leading hundreds of protesters who had gathered to demand that China grants Hong Kong free and fair elections.

As the day went on the protest continued to grow and it wasn\u2019t long before Nathan\u2019s face was all over the news.

Then at 2am his microphone was cut off and the protest plunged into darkness as plain-clothed police officers rushed to the stage and arrested him.

Nathan tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty how despite his arrest the protests continued to grow into some of the largest Hong Kong had ever seen lasting 79 days in total.

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(Picture: Umbrella Protests. Credit: Getty Images)