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  "id": 5008740,
  "title": "Prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security law case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/prominent-pro-democracy-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T03:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/02/prominent-pro-democracy-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-in-second-national-se"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wong, already serving prison time for a separate case, pleaded guilty to a second offence under Beijing’s 2020 National Security law, which could see his sentence extended by a minimum of three years and up to life imprisonment.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/b-c-mla-hong-chan-pleads-not-guilty-in-alleged-intimate-partner",
        "published": "2026-09-01T19:34:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Activist Joshua Wong set to plead guilty in Hong Kong foreign collusion trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/activist-joshua-wong-set-to-plead-guilty-in-hong-kong-foreign",
        "published": "2026-09-02T00:49:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-foreign-collusion",
        "published": "2026-09-02T00:51:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-to-collusion",
        "published": "2026-09-02T02:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in 2nd national security case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-in-2nd",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:19:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Hong Kong democracy activist Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-democracy-activist-wong-pleads-guilty-to-foreign-collusion",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:10:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Hong Kong democracy activist Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hong-kong-democracy-activist-wong-pleads-guilty-to-foreign-collusion-5016613",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:02:02.000Z"
      }
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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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