Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years

Deutsche Welle · Dharvi Vaid Dhulia · 2026-11-05 05:32 UTC

Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and one of the faces of the "Umbrella Movement," is spending years of his adult life in prison.

November 5, 2026

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 more years in prison on a charge of collusion with foreign powers, under the city's China-imposed national security law.

The 30-year-old, who is already serving a nearly five-year jail term for "subversion" under the controversial national security law, was expected to be freed in January next year.

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