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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Hong Kong court for conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the city's national security law. Wong, who pleaded guilty, was found to have conspired with self-exiled activist Nathan Law and others to seek international sanctions and punitive measures against Hong Kong and China. The court emphasized the gravity of the offense, which carried a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Amnesty International has condemned the sentence, describing it as an example of the systematic persecution of activists in Hong Kong. The sentencing comes as part of a broader crackdown on dissent in the territory, with over 300 individuals arrested under national security or colonial-era sedition provisions since the law's introduction in 2020.
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