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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist sentenced to 10 years in prison

short by / on Thursday, 5 November, 2026
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a High Court judge on Thursday. Wong pleaded guilty to conspiring to invite foreign sanctions against China and Hong Kong in 2020. Human Rights Watch condemned the sentence as "cruel and unjust" and called for his immediate release.
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