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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years for collusion

First reported by The Straits Times Latest report 10 sources
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 additional years in prison on Thursday for foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law. Wong, 30, pleaded guilty to seeking foreign sanctions and has now been imprisoned for nearly six years. Rights groups have criticized the charge as an attempt to keep him incarcerated.

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  1. The Straits Times

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong set to be sentenced on national security charge (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)

    HONG KONG, Nov 5 - Activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, is due to be sentenced on Thursday on a charge of collusion with foreign entities, which could put him behind bars for life under the city's national…

  2. The Straits Times

    Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy poster boy facing longer prison stint (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)

    Joshua Wong will likely have his jail term extended beyond the six years he has already served.

  3. NDTV

    Activist Joshua Wong To Be Sentenced Today In Hong Kong Security Case (opens NDTV in a new tab)

    Joshua Wong was among a group of young people whose protest efforts have now effectively been outlawed by sweeping security legislation that Beijing imposed on the Asian financial hub in 2020.

  4. CNA

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to be sentenced for collusion (opens CNA in a new tab)

    Rights groups have decried the collusion charge against Joshua Wong as a deliberate attempt by authorities to keep him incarcerated.

  5. CNA

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years for collusion (opens CNA in a new tab)

    Rights groups have decried the collusion charge against Joshua Wong as a deliberate attempt by authorities to keep him incarcerated.

  6. CNA

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to be sentenced for collusion (opens CNA in a new tab)

  7. The Guardian

    Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    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…

  8. France 24

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more years in jail for foreign collusion (opens France 24 in a new tab)

    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…

  9. ABC Australia

    Breaking: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 more years (opens ABC Australia in a new tab)

    Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for collusion with foreign powers.

  10. BBC News

    Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years (opens BBC News in a new tab)

    Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.

  11. The Straits Times

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)

    Wong has already spent almost six years behind bars and turned 30 in October.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to ten years in jail (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)

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

  13. NPR

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison (opens NPR in a new tab)

    Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

  14. DW

    Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years (opens DW in a new tab)

    Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and a poster boy of the "Umbrella Movement," is spending most of his adult life in prison.

  15. Al Jazeera

    Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in jail (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)

    Wong, in prison since 2020, was found guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of national security law.

  16. The Straits Times

    Hong Kong's Joshua Wong: From teenage protest leader to a decade behind bars (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)

    HONG KONG, Nov 5 - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, once a leader of the 2014 Umbrella Movement that posed one of the boldest populist challenges to the leaders of China's Communist Party in decades, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 more years in jail.

  17. CNA

    Hong Kong's Joshua Wong: From teenage protest leader to a decade behind bars (opens CNA in a new tab)

    Jailed since 2020, Joshua Wong will be 40 when he is released under his latest sentence.

  18. France 24

    Hong Kong activist jailed for 10 more years for collusion with foreign forces (opens France 24 in a new tab)

    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…

  19. The Guardian

    UK and US condemn ‘cruel’ second jail term handed to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    Foreign Office says 10-year sentence shows city’s security law is being used to ‘target individuals for political expression’ Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case The UK and the US have…

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