He has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wong has been on the cover of Time magazine, the focus of a Netflix documentary and an icon for Hong Kongโs pro-democracy movement.
Wong has been leading the fight against a Chinese squeeze on freedoms in Hong Kong for the last 15 years. He will now spend more than 16 years in prison.
As Danny Vincent explains, the 30-year-old was sentenced last week to a further 10 years in prison, convicted under the islandโs draconian national security law.
Helen Pidd also hears from Joshuaโs friend โ and fellow movement leader โ Nathan Law about the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong.
Source: The Guardian ยท Helen Pidd, Danny Vincent, Nathan Law, Guy Szafman, Brian McNamara, Sami Kent, Alex Atack
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