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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to ten years in jail

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has been sentenced.

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Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case

Wong, 30, has been imprisoned since 2020 and is the only activist in Hong Kong prosecuted twice under national security law Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion”, his second conviction under a national security law that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city. Wong, who rose to prominence as the teenag…

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to ten years in jail

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France 24

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more years in jail for foreign collusion

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in prison on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers, a court summary said. Wong, 30, pleaded guilty in September to seeking foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China under Beijing’s national security law, having spent nearly six years imprisoned.

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Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Wong, one of the most high-profile members of a movement that was quashed in 2020, was accused of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, a national security offense.

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