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

Summary

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was expected to be sentenced on Thursday for a second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, The Independent reported. On Thursday 5 November The Guardian reported that the pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the national security case, writing that Wong, 30, has been imprisoned since 2020 and is the only activist in Hong Kong prosecuted twice under national security laws, and BBC News reported that the face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests was jailed for 10 years, Wong being among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law. Wong was jailed for another 10 years, sentenced on charges of foreign collusion, The Independent reported, writing that Joshua Wong, once a rising political star in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, has been sentenced again under Beijing's national security law, and Euronews reported that Wong, who rose to prominence during Hong Kong's 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Movement, was sentenced to 10 more years for collusion.

Latest: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the national security case, The Guardian reported, BBC News writing that Wong, among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law, was jailed for 10 years, The Independent that Wong was jailed for another 10 years on charges of foreign collusion and Euronews that Wong was sentenced to 10 more years for collusion.

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