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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to Another Decade in Prison

Bloomberg Politics6 November 2026, 00:45 UTCHong Kong

Once the teenage face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, Joshua Wong was set to walk free early next year after nearly six years in prison. Instead, a new 10-year sentence means he will spend his entire thirties behind bars—marking one of the harshest penalties yet against the city’s former protest leaders. (Source: Bloomberg)

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