Joshua Wong receives 10-year sentence in second national security conviction

The Sansasyonel - International (English) · Nov 5, 2026 · 1m

Hong Kong democracy advocate Joshua Wong has received a 10-year prison term for collaborating with foreign entities. The verdict, delivered on Thursday, marks his second conviction under the national security law introduced by Beijing in 2020. Wong admitted guilt in September. He has been in custody since November 2020 and was originally scheduled to be released in January. His two sentences will now be served at the same time.

Letters from Wong, obtained by The Guardian and written between August and October, detail his experiences in prison and his anxieties regarding Hong Kong’s future. He…