{
  "id": 18283688,
  "title": "Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Seek Foreign Sanctions Against China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:32:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-conspiring-to-seek-foreign-sanctions-against-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, according to CNN. The activist, who once led the democracy movement in Hong Kong, faces a sentence that will keep him imprisoned until late 2036, when he turns 40. Wong was initially arrested in November 2020, at the age of 23, and has been in custody since then.\n\nThe charges against Wong stem from alleged conspiracies to seek foreign sanctions against China in 2020. In September that year, Wong pleaded guilty to conspiring with fellow activists to invite sanctions against China and Hong Kong. Prosecutors allege that Wong lobbied with interest groups, including former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as Saudi Arabia. High Court Judge William Tam stated that the gravity of the crime and the need to express the community's abhorrence of the defendant's actions necessitated the sentence.\n\nWong's sentencing comes amid ongoing crackdowns on dissent following the introduction of Hong Kong's National Security Law (NSL) in 2020. Critics, such as Human Rights Watch, have condemned the harsh punishment as cruel and unjust. The organization called on foreign governments to denounce the sentence and impose targeted sanctions on officials responsible for Hong Kong's growing repression.",
  "summary": "Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong has been sentence to 10 years in Prison by a court on Thursday. Wong was once the figurehead of Hong Kong’s democracy movement and entered prison for the first time at 23. 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,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-sentenced-to-10-years-in",
        "published": "2026-11-05T03:28:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong Primary Three pupils’ maths competency hits all-time low",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-primary-three-pupils-maths-competency-hits-all-time-low",
        "published": "2026-11-05T05:52:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison under Hong Kong national security law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/joshua-wong-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-under-hong-kong-national",
        "published": "2026-11-05T08:02:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Hong Kong activist jailed for 10 more years for collusion with foreign forces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-activist-jailed-for-10-more-years-for-collusion-with",
        "published": "2026-11-05T11:29:09.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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