Hong Kong’s cruel punishment of Joshua Wong

The Washington Post · Editorial Board · 2026-11-05 22:03 UTC

Extending the democracy activist's sentence shows the city is not a safe place to invest.

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who recently spent his 30th birthday behind bars, was sentenced on Thursday to another 10 years in a Hong Kong prison under China’s national security law. First arrested for protesting at age 17, Wong was accused in the current case of “collusion” with “foreign forces” because his advocacy prompted a government crackdown that helped trigger U.S. sanctions.

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Hong Kong’s cruel punishment of Joshua Wong

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