The UK and the U.S. have condemned the 10-year sentence given to Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong under a controversial national security law.
Wong, 30, was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion” under the law. He is the only person to have been prosecuted twice under the legislation that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city.
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said that Wong’s sentence was “a clear example of how the National Security Law is being used to target individuals for political expression and participation”.
The spokesperson added: “We call for an immediate end to all unjust prosecutions of individuals charged under the National Security Law and urge the authorities in China and Hong Kong to honor the rights and freedoms guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong under the Sino-British joint declaration (1984).”
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