{"id":13815,"date":"2026-11-05T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13815"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:41:01","slug":"hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-sentenced-to-10-years-in-jail-courts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13815","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in jail | Courts News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wong, in prison since 2020, was found guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of the city\u2019s national security law.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong<\/a>, who has been in prison since 2020, has been jailed for an additional 10 years.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s High Court found Wong guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of the city\u2019s national security law<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The sentence comes just two months before he was expected to be released in January 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe punishment must fit the gravity of \u2060the crime,\u201d High Court Judge William Tam told a packed courtroom while delivering the sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also necessary for the court to express the community\u2019s abhorrence of the defendant\u2019s scheme and acts with others to collude with foreign forces or external elements to endanger national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wong, now 30, was accused of conspiring with self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others to ask foreign countries, bodies or individuals outside China to impose sanctions or blockades, or engage in other hostile activities against the government.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to the charge in September. Tam said he considered a 13-year prison sentence as a starting point but reduced it to 10 because of Wong\u2019s guilty plea and mitigation.<\/p>\n

Wong was once the face of Hong Kong\u2019s pro-democracy movement and has been in jail since 2020.\u00a0He was imprisoned over his role in protests held a year earlier.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations were prompted by plans to allow extradition to mainland China but soon evolved into a wider pro-democracy movement. Wong became a prominent representative of the movement, regularly appearing on news channels. He later pleaded guilty to inciting and organising an unauthorised antigovernment assembly.<\/p>\n

\u2018Endless political persecution\u2019<\/h2>\n

Governments and rights groups criticised the court\u2019s decision on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The United States consulate in Hong Kong said that it \u201cstrongly condemns\u201d the additional sentence handed to Wong, and called for his \u201cimmediate release\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWong has been unjustly imprisoned since December 2020, demonstrating that Beijing will go to extraordinary lengths to silence those who advocate for fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong,\u201d a consulate spokesperson said in a statement to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

After his sentencing, Taiwan also criticised the \u201cendless political persecution\u201d of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.<\/p>\n

Beijing and the Hong Kong government use \u201cauthoritarian tools\u201d to \u201cfabricate charges \u2026 engage in endless political persecution, and suppress the people\u2019s legitimate rights to pursue freedom, democracy, and human rights,\u201d Taiwan\u2019s top China policy body said.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch denounced the latest charge against Wong. \u201cThe harsh sentence on baseless charges against Joshua Wong is cruel and unjust. Young people promoting social change are an asset for any vibrant society, but the Hong Kong government puts them behind bars,\u201d said Elaine Pearson, the group\u2019s Asia director.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International also criticised Wong\u2019s additional sentence, saying it was \u201canother grim reminder of how Hong Kong\u2019s National Security Law has become a tool to punish dissent\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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