Hong Kong activist set for September sentencing in second national security case
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Wong, a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement, was arrested in June 2025 on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security.
Published on 07/07/2026 - 8:38 GMT+2 Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September in a case brought under the city’s national security law that critics say has stifled the city’s pro-democracy movement.
It was the second time Wong was charged under the national security law introduced in Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020, following massive anti-government protests that rocked the city the
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Wong, a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement, was arrested in June 2025 on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security.
Published on 07/07/2026 - 8:38 GMT+2 Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September in a case brought under the city’s national security law that critics say has stifled the city’s pro-democracy movement.
It was the second time Wong was charged under the national security law introduced in Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020, following massive anti-government protests that rocked the city the