Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in jail for “colluding with foreign forces”. He is the only activist known to have been convicted twice under Hong Kong's National Security Law. Imprisoned since the age of 24, he is not expected to regain his freedom until he is 40. Joshua Wong’s bravery in speaking truth to power should be commended, but instead in Hong Kong it makes him a
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on baseless national security charges. Wong has been in custody since November 2020, when he was 23, and faces imprisonment until late 2036, when he will be 40. To keep Hong Kong society subdued, the government appears to have adopted the tactic of stacking charges against influential pro-democracy leaders to ensure
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. #黃之鋒 #JoshuaWong #國安法 #政治
On September 28, 2014, Hong Kong police fired tear gas at peaceful demonstrators demanding free elections, triggering a mass protest that became known as the Umbrella Movement. Over the ensuing weeks, residents across the city occupied major thoroughfares in a 79-day standoff that became a defining moment in Hong Kong’s decades-long struggle for democracy. Many activists who emerged during the mov
Hong Kong 2026 香港2026 Art source: 巴丟草 @badiucao Joshua Wong, Pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, faces life sentence in second case under Beijing’s national security law. 黃之鋒被「勾結外國勢力危害國家安全」陷罪,最高刑罰可囚終身。這便是中國治下的香港。 #黃之鋒 #JoshuaWong #國安法 #串謀勾結外國勢力 #政治犯 #欲加之罪 #冤獄 #莫須有
Joshua Wong, 2018 Lantos Prize awardee, has been unjustly imprisoned since November 2020. He was due for release in January. Instead, he faces new charges under Hong Kong’s absurd national security law, which carry up to a life sentence. Source: The Lantos Foundation Joshua may have entered a guilty plea today, but these charges, like all previous charges leveled against him, amount to nothing mor