Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison

NPR News5 November 2026, 05:29 UTCHong Kong

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.

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