Hong Kong pro-democracy group formed in 2016
Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces in Hong Kong's High Court and faces additional years behind bars while already serving a four-year, eight-month sentence for a separate national security conviction. Rights groups and supporters say the new charge is designed to extend his detention and chill dissent across the city.
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is expected to be sentenced Thursday for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law
The High Court has sentenced Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to foreign collusion, tying his latest conviction to the 2020 national security law era. The ruling runs concurrently with his prior term, delaying his release and signaling intensified enforcement. Amnesty International and allies condemn the move as a tool against dissent.