Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years
BBC · 5 Nov 2026

Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years

The 30-year-old was the face of Hong Kong's now-quashed democracy movement Joshua Wong, once the face of Hong Kong's democracy movement, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for colluding with foreign forces under the city's sweeping national security law. Wong is among hundreds of campaigners and ordinary Hongkongers arrested under the law, which was imposed in 2020 following explosive pro-democracy protests against Beijing's growing control.


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