Hong Kong court sentences activist Joshua Wong to 10 years on national security charge
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Hong Kong court sentences activist Joshua Wong to 10 years on national security charge
by DZRH News05 November 2026
FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrives at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts over illegal assembly and violation of an emergency law banning face coverings last year, in Hong Kong, China September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
HONG KONG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Activist Joshua Wong, 30, who became the international face of Hong Kong's democracy movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in jail on a charge of collusion with foreign entities under the city's national security law.
Wong was accused of conspiring with self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others in 2020 to request that foreign countries, institutions, organisations or individuals outside China impose sanctions or blockades, or engage in other hostile activities directed against the governments of Hong Kong and China.
He pleaded guilty to the charge in September.
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(Reporting by Greg Torode; additional reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Jacqueline Wong)
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