Joshua Wong, Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Poster Child
Rights groups say the case could keep the 29-year-old activist imprisoned for life after more than 2,000 days behind bars.
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Joshua Wong, 29, was thinner when he entered the Hong Kong Supreme Court yesterday. Some attendees commented on seeing him in good spirits, smiling and waving...
Prominent Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Campaigner to Face New Prison Sentence After Guilty Plea
Joshua Wong, leader of Hong Kong's Demosisto party and the "Umbrella Movement," arrives to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, on Capitol Hill on Sept. 17, 2019. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joshua Wong, Hong Kong's pro-democracy poster child
The 29-year-old Wong has been detained several times for his involvement in various demonstrations, including huge pro-democracy rallies that rocked Hong Kong in 2019. The subject of a Netflix documentary that depicted him in a David-and-Goliath-style fight against China's political might, he has been a thorn in Beijing's side for more than a decade. Rights groups have condemned the latest case against him, arguing the charges aim to keep Wong i…
Joshua Wong of the pro-democratic movement in Hong Kong threatens another three to ten years in prison.
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