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)
The author wrote that Joshua Wong's 10-year sentence would have been at the center of a Senate appointment that day, dedicated to resistance. https://t.co/v7xERSiiop #JoshuaWong #Resistenza #DirittiUmani #HK (translated)
Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law. #JoshuaWong #HongKongProtests #Democracy
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)
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)
From prison, Wong emphasized that his activism was "never driven by hate." #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #Demokratiebewegung (translated)
Its director for Asia, Elaine Pearson, denounces that Hong Kong authorities seem to have adopted a strategy of accumulating charges against prominent pro-democracy leaders to prolong their imprisonment and prevent them from mobilizing society again. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #DerechosHumanos (translated)
No matter the cost, we cannot leave this to the next generation. #JoshuaWong #HongKong #Democratie (translated)
The Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to ten years in prison for conspiracy with foreign forces under the national security law, expressing the authorities' determination to suppress civic engagement. #Hongkong #JoshuaWong #národníbezpečnost (translated)
Wong emphasized in court that he had never demanded the independence of Hong Kong. #JoshuaWong #Hongkong #Demokratieaktivismus (translated)
