Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in Hong Kong

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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