Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more years in jail for foreign collusion
Also reported by Al Jazeera, Guardian World
Summary
A report dated November 5, 2026, says Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in prison for colluding with foreign powers. The reported sentencing is one day after the date specified for this summary, November 4, 2026.Key Facts
- The report says Wong pleaded guilty in September to seeking foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China.
- Hong Kong authorities charged Wong in June 2025 under Beijing’s national security law.
- The charge accused Wong of asking foreign countries and entities to impose sanctions.
- Wong had already spent nearly six years in prison, including a sentence for subversion.
- Wong became prominent during Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement protests.
- In 2019, Wong traveled to the United States as part of a delegation that lobbied for the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
- Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong in 2020.
- The report says Wong was the only person in his 2024 national security trial cohort charged twice under the law.
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