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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in jail on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers, the second time he has been penalised under the city's national security law. Hong, 30, is one of the most globally recognised faces of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and has already spent almost six years behind bars. He is now not due for release until late 2036.
On Thursday, 5 November, a Hong Kong court sentenced the pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who had been detained for nearly six years, to another ten years in prison for collusion with foreign countries under the National Security Act. Just 30 years old, Joshua Wong is one of the most recognizable figures of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and its major events in 2019. The details of Baptiste Fallevoz, correspondent France 24 in Beijing.
Wong, in prison since 2020, was found guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of national security law.
Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and one of the faces of the "Umbrella Movement," is spending years of his adult life in prison.
Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has been sentenced.
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.
