Why was Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison in Hong Kong?

Joshua Wong, 30, pleaded guilty to colluding with other activists to urge foreign governments to sanction China and Hong Kong, a crime under China's national security law. The BBC's Mickey Bristow reports that prosecutors relied on articles and foreign press interviews. His lawyer asked for three years, the judge gave ten, and with his current sentence he faces about 16 years in total.

• Wong was due for release early next year, which activists and rights groups call particularly cruel.
• Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen vigil, once attended by tens of thousands, is now banned and three organisers recently got five to seven years.

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