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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NPR News · East Asia
Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
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