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Joshua Wong has led protests since he was 14 and has been an icon for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for 15 years. He has appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was the focus of a Netflix documentary. He was sentenced last week to a further 10 years in prison under Hong Kong's national security law.
He has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wong has been on the cover of Time magazine, the focus of a Netflix documentary and an icon for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
Wong has been leading the fight against a Chinese squeeze on freedoms in Hong Kong for the last 15 years. He will now spend more than 16 years in prison.
As Danny Vincent explains, the 30-year-old was sentenced last week to a further 10 years in prison, convicted under the island's draconian national security law.

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