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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 yrs jail in national security case

short by Sourav Kumar / on Thursday, 5 November, 2026
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison for colluding with foreign ‌entities under the national security law. The judge said the offences took place between July and November 2020, when Hong Kong faced "a high risk...to rule of law." Wong has been detained since 2020 after pleading guilty to charges linked to 2019 anti-government protests.
read more at Reuters