“Once a teen activist, Hong Kong's Joshua Wong is spending years of his adult life in prison”

Key points

• Joshua Wong, former teen activist, is now 30 and imprisoned under security law.
• He received a 10-year prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.
• Earlier in 2024 he was sentenced to four years eight months for a separate case.
• Wong co-founded Demosisto and championed self-determination and protests in 2014 and 2019.
• Experts say his imprisonment demonstrates Beijing's resolve to curb prominent dissidents.