Washington DC, Nov. 7 -- Amnesty International has strongly condemned the 10-year prison sentence handed to prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, accusing Hong Kong authorities of weaponising Beijing's National Security Law (NSL) to suppress political dissent and silence opposition voices.

Reacting to Wong's latest conviction for conspiring to collude with foreign forces, Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks described the sentencing as another example of the systematic persecution of activists in the Chinese-controlled territory.

Brooks criticised the timing of the conviction, noting that Wong was only months away from completing his previous prison sentence, which was scheduled to end in January 2027. ...