{
  "id": 18276882,
  "title": "Joshua Wong: Hong Kong activist sentenced to 10 years in prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/joshua-wong-hongkonger-aktivist-zu-zehn-jahren-haft-verurteilt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:20:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/joshua-wong-hongkonger-aktivist-zu-zehn-jahren-haft-verurteilt/100267498.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Joshua Wong, a Hong Kong democracy activist, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a further court case. The 30-year-old had pleaded guilty to conspiring with foreign forces and endangering national security. Wong was accused of collaborating with fellow activist Nathan Law and others to encourage other countries and foreign organizations to impose sanctions and take hostile actions against Hong Kong and China between July and November 2020. He is expected to be released in late 2036.",
  "summary": "Wong had pleaded guilty in September to conspiring with foreign forces and endangering national security. However, the proceedings are not without controversy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}