Joshua Wong gets ten more years in Hong Kong court

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to ten additional years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to foreign collusion under the national security law.

Why it matters: The sentence lands months before Wong was due for release in January 2027 and drew condemnation from the United Kingdom and the United States, keeping Hong Kong's national security prosecutions at the centre of its disputes with Western governments.

Data as of The Guardian report of November 5, 2026, read in full via the live browser in this run; the sentencing was also reported the same day by France 24, Deutsche Welle and Le Monde in the wire queue. Developing item.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, 30, was sentenced to ten additional years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to foreign collusion under the national security law. The Guardian reported he is the only person to have been prosecuted twice under the law, and that he had already spent six years in detention and was due for release in January 2027 under his previous conviction.

A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said the sentence showed the law being used to target individuals for political expression and participation, and called for an end to unjust prosecutions under it. The US consulate in Hong Kong strongly condemned the additional sentence and called for Wong’s immediate release. China warned relevant parties to stop making irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong judicial cases.

Joshua Wong gets ten more years in Hong Kong court

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