Washington, Nov. 9 -- The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has strongly condemned the sentencing of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to an additional 10 years in prison under Beijing's national security law, calling for his immediate and unconditional release.

According to a report issued by UHRP, Wong, a prominent pro-democracy activist, was sentenced on November 5, 2026, on charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces. The organisation described the charges as baseless and said the latest sentence would keep Wong behind bars until the age of 40.

Wong, now 30, first came to prominence as a student leader during Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement and later co-founded the pro-democracy political party Demosisto. He ...