The foreign ministries of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States said Friday that Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a further charge under the National Security Law.
The ministries said the sentence is another example of that law being used “to target individuals for political expression and participation.” They called for “an immediate end to all unjust prosecutions” of people charged under the law.
The statement said the sentence comes just months after leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance were found guilty under the same law. It did not say when Wong was sentenced or which court imposed the term.
The ministries urged authorities in China and Hong Kong to meet their international commitments. They also urged those authorities to honor rights and freedoms that the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 guarantees to people in Hong Kong.
The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office published the joint statement on Nov. 6, 2026.