Joshua Wong Gets Ten More Years in Prison in Hong Kong
When Joshua Wong was in school, he got his classmates to complain about expensive school lunches. Now he's thirty, and a judge in Hong Kong has given him ten more years in prison. Leah and Sam explain why. Hong Kong is a city in China that was promised it could keep freedoms like free speech and protesting. After huge protests, China's government made a new law, and asking other countries to punish China's leaders became a crime. People disagree about whether Joshua broke a fair law or was punished for speaking up.
Show notes
In this episode
- 0:01 Opening
- 0:20 Joshua Wong gets ten more years in prison in Hong Kong
- 4:34 Recap and outro
Sources and context
- Joshua Wong gets ten more years in prison in Hong Kong: BBC News — Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years and The Guardian — Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case and NPR — Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison and Hong Kong Free Press — Jailed activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years over foreign collusion and BBC News — Hong Kong national security law, what is it?
