Joshua Wong, a prominent figure in the pro-democracy protests of 2019 in Hong Kong, has been sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison while already serving a 6-year sentence. #HongKong #JoshuaWong #Démocratie (translated)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to an additional ten years in prison, as he is worried that people will forget Hong Kong. #beveiliging #onlinebescherming #websitesecurity (translated)
Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law. #JoshuaWong #HongKongProtests #Democracy
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has recently been sentenced again to 10 years in prison, a few months before a possible release. #Beveiliging #Internet #Cookies (translated)
I have seen how things have changed here, how laws increasingly restrict our freedom of movement. #Hongkong #Demokratie #Menschenrechte (translated)
Terzi (FDI) had described the 10-year sentence imposed on Joshua Wong as the concluding act of a "lawfare" war that, according to him, Beijing had waged against the young pro-democracy figure. https://t.co/g4HJG0EzkL #HongKong #JoshuaWong #Democrazia #HK #CN #IT (translated)
Joshua Wong, the spokesperson for the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, was sentenced to ten years in prison for colluding with foreign forces under China's national security law. #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #Demokraatia (translated)
Wong emphasized in court that he had never demanded Hong Kong's independence. #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #Demokratie (translated)
Wong appeared calm in court and thanked his supporters before leaving the courtroom. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #Libertà (translated)
In a letter addressed to the court and requesting leniency, which AFP has accessed, Joshua Wong stated that he had hoped to be released from prison in 2027, but that these new charges of collusion made him feel as if he had returned to square one. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #LibertésCiviles (translated)
The author said they were devastated to hear that Joshua Wong had been sentenced to a further 10 years. They claimed Hong Kong’s courts had become unjust and lacked the rule of law and fair process. They also said the Chinese Communist Party had destroyed Wong’s youth and that of his generation, describing the situation as tragic and despicable. #HongKong #Justice #HumanRights #HK #CN
Joshua Wong, a young pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong, has been sentenced to an additional ten years in prison after having already served six years of incarceration. #HongKong #JoshuaWong #DroitsDeLhomme (translated)
Wong, 30 years old, who pleaded guilty in September and was facing a sentence that could reach life imprisonment, received the sentence in the High Court of Hong Kong, several local media reported, including Hong Kong Free Press. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #DerechosHumanos (translated)
During the phase of allegations, Wong stated that he had never advocated for the independence of Hong Kong or a regime change in China and denied having received foreign funding or hired political advisors in other countries. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #LeyDeSeguridadNacional (translated)
According to Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a China historian at the University of California in Irvine who studied the Hong Kong protest movement, the ruling fits into a pattern of Hong Kong lawsuits against activists. #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #NationaleVeiligheidswet (translated)
"Peking has identified Joshua as one of the main leaders of what they consider an open rebellion in 2019 - even as Wong is one of the moderates - and he will serve as an example," analyzed Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at London’s SOAS university, cited by AFP. #HongKong #JoshuaWong #Démocratie (translated)
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison in Hong Kong for conspiring with foreign forces, increasing his total sentence to 14 years and reflecting the growing repression of the democratic movement in the region. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #Democracia (translated)
Their actions "not only severely undermined national sovereignty, security, and development interests, but directly harmed the well-being of the general public and the stability of society," Lee stated in a statement issued after the ruling. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #DrepturileOmului (translated)
Hong Kong leader John Lee stated after the verdict that Wong and his associates seriously jeopardized national sovereignty, security, and social stability with their actions. #Hongkong #demokracija #sankcije (translated)
From prison, Wong emphasized that his activism was "never driven by hate." #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #Demokratiebewegung (translated)
