Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison

Houston Chronicle · KANIS LEUNG · 2026-11-06 02:40 UTC

A Hong Kong court has sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 10 more years in prison under a national security law imposed by Beijing. Wong, who led protests as a student, was already serving a sentence...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced prominent activist Joshua Wong to 10 more years in prison Thursday under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say underscores the crackdown on the city’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Wong, 30, first led student protests as a teenager and engaged in international advocacy efforts for Hong Kong's democracy movement. He was already serving a four-year, eight-month prison term after pleading guilty in the city's biggest national security case, and had been due to be freed in January.

But he was further charged in 2025 with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, an offense under the security law imposed by Beijing in 2020.

Read the full story at Houston Chronicle · All coverage of this story