Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security. The 29-year-old faces a sentence ranging from 10 years to life in prison. Wong is already serving a four-year-and-eight-month term for subversion in a separate case linked to unofficial primary elections. In court, he admitted to instigating international sanctions against Beijing and Hong Kong authorities six years ago, including urging foreign businesses to avoid investing in mainland China.
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Malay Mail (outlet profile)
Activist Joshua Wong set to plead guilty in Hong Kong foreign collusion trial. HONG KONG, Sept 2 — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong is expected to plead guilty on Wednesda...
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case. Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed…
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion Charge. Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday, media outlets reported, his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed se…
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DW (Deutsche Welle) (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion. The prominent activist pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign entities. He faces a lengthy prison sentence.
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Nikkei Asia (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion
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NRK (outlet profile)
Hongkong-aktivist erkjenner straffskyld i ny sak. Hongkong-aktivisten Joshua Wong har erkjent straffskyld for samarbeid med utenlandske krefter i strid med den nasjonale sikkerhetsloven. 29-åringen risikerer opptil livs…
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South China Morning Post (outlet profile)
Joshua Wong admits instigating sanctions against Beijing, Hong Kong governments. Jailed Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung has admitted instigating international sanctions against central and local autho…
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion with foreign entities. Wong, 29, rose to international prominence as a teenage democracy activist, part of a group of youngsters whose protest efforts have…
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Malay Mail (outlet profile)
Democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in Hong Kong national security trial. HONG KONG, Sept 2 — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday...
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CBC News (outlet profile)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in 2nd national security case. Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to e…
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France 24 (outlet profile)
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion. Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong on Wednesday pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign powers in a trial that could see the 29-year-old spend th…
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Le Monde (outlet profile)
Hongkong : Joshua Wong, figure du mouvement prodémocratie, plaide coupable de collusion avec l’étranger. L’ancien leader étudiant de 29 ans, qui purge déjà une peine de près de cinq ans de prison pour subversion, risque…
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Euronews (outlet profile)
Prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security law case. Wong, already serving prison time for a separate case, pleaded guilty to a second offence under Beijing’s 2020 N…
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The Guardian (outlet profile)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case. Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China Joshua W…
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion. High profile Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to collusion with foreign entities.
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BBC (русская служба) (outlet profile)
Гонконгский активист Джошуа Вонг признал вину в «сговоре с иностранными силами». Джошуа Вонг, один из наиболее известных участников продемократического движения Гонконга, признал себя виновным по обвинению в сговоре с и…
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BBC News (outlet profile)
Jailed HK activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to foreign collusion. Wong, 29, is already in prison on subversion charges under the controversial National Security Law.
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in national security case. Pro-democracy activist faces life sentence in second case under Beijing's national security law.
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The Japan Times (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion. Once a symbol of Hong Kong's democracy movement, Joshua Wong has been in custody since late 2020 and sentenced multiple times for his role in anti-government pr…
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UOL (outlet profile)
Joshua Wong admite conspiração e pode pegar prisão perpétua em Hong Kong. O ativista pró-democracia Joshua Wong se declarou culpado nesta quarta-feira por conspiração para colaborar com forças estrangeiras e pôr em risc…
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
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Corriere della Sera (outlet profile)
Hong Kong, Joshua Wong si dichiara colpevole per evitare l’ergastolo. Il leader della Rivoluzione degli ombrelli processato per «collusione con forze straniere» che in base alla Legge di sicurezza nazionale cinese preve…
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Corriere della Sera (outlet profile)
Hong Kong, Joshua Wong si dichiara colpevole di cospirazione. L'attivista ha ammesso collaborazione con forze straniere e stava già scontando una pena detentiva di 4 anni e 8 mesi per essersi dichiarato colpevole in un…
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Die Welt (outlet profile)
Demokratie-Aktivist und Regime-Kritiker Joshua Wong bekennt sich schuldig. Der 29‑jährige Regime-Kritiker Joshua Wong steht wegen Hongkongs zweifelhaftem nationalen Sicherheitsgesetz vor Gericht. Nun hat er sich schuldi…
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
What we know about jailed HK activist Joshua Wong’s latest charge. What we know about jailed HK activist Joshua Wong’s latest charge
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France 24 (outlet profile)
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong could face life in prison after guilty plea. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday in a second national security trial against him t…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Friends and activists rally behind Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong after guilty plea: ‘Outrageous’. The 2014 Umbrella Movement icon was ‘left with few alternatives’, friend says
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Коммерсантъ (outlet profile)
Гонконгский оппозиционер Джошуа Вонг признался в «сговоре с иностранными силами». Известный гонконгский продемократический активист Джошуа Вонг признал вину в «сговоре с иностранными силами с целью нанесения вреда нацио…
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Libération (outlet profile)
A Hongkong, la justice resserre encore l’étau sur Joshua Wong. Déjà incarcéré depuis 2020 et condamné dans le procès des «47» opposants à l’emprise de Pékin, le militant prodémocratie de 29 ans a plaidé coupable de «col…
Factual core
- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to a charge under the national security law.
- Joshua Wong is 29 years old.
- The sentence in Wong's case will be determined at a later date.
- The National Security Law for Hong Kong prescribes a sentence of 10 years to life imprisonment for collusion with foreign forces.
- Wong is already serving a four-year and eight-month sentence in another national security case related to an unofficial nomination election.