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Joshua Wong, once the global face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, was sentenced to a decade behind bars on a foreign collusion charge, a court summary confirmed Thursday.
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to ten more years in prison after a court found him guilty of colluding with foreign powers, according to France 24, which cited a court summary released Thursday.
Wong rose to international prominence as a teenage leader during Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement and later the 2019 pro-democracy protests, becoming one of the most recognizable symbols of resistance to Beijing's tightening grip on the territory, as reported by Al Jazeera.
The sentencing marks another major escalation in Hong Kong's crackdown on dissent under national security laws that have been used to prosecute dozens of pro-democracy figures in recent years. Details on the specific allegations behind the foreign collusion charge were not fully outlined in the available court summary.
Sources: Al Jazeera · France 24
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