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Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong opposition activist. He was one of the leaders of the 2014 Occupy Movement. He was among 45 activists jailed in 2024 following a landmark subversion trial.

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13 Oct 1996

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Activist

China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong has said local police will handle Joshua Wong’s case in accordance with the law. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong politics

Beijing slams Washington for supporting jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong

US State Department condemned fresh charge laid against activist for allegedly conspiring to collude with foreign forces.

11 Jun 2025 - 9:31PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong faces fresh charge of foreign collusion

6 Jun 2025 - 6:50PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong 47: Joshua Wong seeks no more than 10 years’ jail for role in plot

5 Jul 2024 - 8:45PM

Hong Kong politics

Who were the young faces of Hong Kong’s democracy movement and where are they now?

Agnes Chow’s pledge to never return to Hong Kong after fleeing overseas throws media spotlight back on young generation of opposition figures.

14 Dec 2023 - 4:49PMvideocam

(Left to right) Activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Nathan Law in 2018. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong judge backs contempt proceedings against four men in connection with 2019 unrest

Mr Justice Russell Coleman blasts ‘significant and almost wholly unexplained’ delay to start of proceedings.

24 Nov 2022 - 11:36PM

Human rights

Hong Kong human rights lawyer who took on protest cases shutting law firm

Michael Vidler was involved in high profile cases such as those that related to the 2019 anti-government protests and also represented Joshua Wong Chi-fung.

21 Apr 2022 - 6:22PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong wins appeal to reduce jail sentence by 2 months

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Wong, judges order reduction, plus two months from unauthorised assembly sentence to be served concurrently with two other convictions.

19 Jan 2022 - 8:39PM

Opposition activist Joshua Wong (centre) at the banned Tiananmen Square vigil in 2020. Photo: Sam Tsang

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Opinion | RIP Hong Kong cinema? 3 reasons it may not survive long term

The industry’s long-term viability is being challenged amid new censorship guidelines, worries that expressions of local identity can be seen as unpatriotic, and a dearth of actors, who now face increased pressure to prove their patriotism.

24 Sep 2021 - 8:56AMvideocam

Video | 10-month jail sentence for HK activist Joshua Wong

7 May 2021 - 1:22PM

Hong Kong protests

Joshua Wong, 3 others jailed over unauthorised Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong

Judge Stanley Chan says 24-year-old opposition figure and district councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung ‘openly defied the law’, and were ‘wise’ to plead guilty.

6 May 2021 - 11:28PM

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Joshua Wong (centre) last week admitted taking part in the unauthorised June 4 vigil. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, three others plead guilty to taking part in Tiananmen vigil

District councillors Lester Shum, Tiffany Yuen and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung also admit knowingly taking part in unauthorised assembly, an offence that could earn them five years’ jail.

30 Apr 2021 - 7:13PM

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong (centre) pleaded guilty on Friday to taking part in a banned Tiananmen Square vigil on June 4, 2020. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong court adds to Joshua Wong’s jail time with four-month sentence for protest

Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu, 75, jailed for five months over the same unauthorised rally that Wong was a part of, which saw attendees flout a government ban on masks that came into effect that morning.

13 Apr 2021 - 6:22PM

Hong Kong national security law

Bail denied again for 11 defendants in Hong Kong’s biggest security law case

Of the 21 defendants challenging bail decisions, 11 are denied temporary release and the remainder rescind their applications late on. Forty-seven in total accused of plotting to paralyse the government.

12 Mar 2021 - 2:15PM

Hong Kong national security law

Video | HK activists including Joshua Wong arrive at detention centre

2 Mar 2021 - 1:52PM

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and others charged with subversion arrive at detention centre

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Hong Kong politics

Beijing official, pro-establishment figures agree on need to put ‘patriots’ in charge

Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, tells seminar in Shenzhen that ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’ is paramount to the future of ‘one country, two systems’.

10 Mar 2021 - 12:39AM

Xia Baolong (centre), director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, attends a seminar with pro-establishment figures in Shenzhen on Monday. Photo: CCTV

Hong Kong courts

Guilty pleas leave activists facing five years in jail over banned June 4 vigil

Joshua Wong among five who plead guilty to taking part in banned event, while 19 others ask for more time as cases are transferred to District Court.

5 Feb 2021 - 7:07PMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Jailed activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to charges from 2019 mask rally

Wong admits violating the city’s emergency mask ban and taking part in an unauthorised assembly on October 5, 2019, the same day the controversial regulation took effect.

29 Jan 2021 - 7:54PM

My Take

My Take | Are pan-democrats ‘calling the top’ of Hong Kong property market?

Many pan-dems have sold their homes, and a few have even fled the city to escape what they claim is rising tyranny. They may be right, at least inadvertently, about exiting a real estate market after a super-bull run that has made local properties the most expensive in the world

21 Jan 2021 - 11:33PM

The Hong Kong skyline viewed from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade. A number of well-known pan-democrats and anti-government activists have sold homes in recent months. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong national security law

UN rights boss: Hong Kong security law having ‘chilling effect’ on freedoms

Michelle Bachelet says recent arrests of democracy activists ‘risk causing a wider chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms.’

10 Dec 2020 - 11:40AMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ US tributes to jailed Hong Kong activists

China’s top body overseeing Hong Kong says sentences handed to Wong and others do not compensate for their crimes against the nation.

5 Dec 2020 - 4:11AM

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face prison

2 Dec 2020 - 9:43PM

Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam jailed, Agnes Chow to spend 24th birthday in prison

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Hong Kong Basic Law

Video | Hong Kong opposition activists face jail

2 Dec 2020 - 7:09PM

Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam sentenced to prison

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Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, two others jailed over police HQ siege

Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow had previously pleaded guilty over their roles in a 15-hour siege of police headquarters in the early days of last year’s anti-government unrest.

5 Dec 2020 - 12:16AMvideocam

Law

Joshua Wong held in solitary confinement, lights on 24 hours a day

Hong Kong opposition activist put in single cell in medical ward after scan reveals ‘a shadow’ in his stomach. Prison source says he is to be held like that for several days, but authorities won’t show Wong the X-rays.

25 Nov 2020 - 9:19PMvideocam

Regina Ip

Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow cases may show need for more security laws, Regina Ip says

In debate with former US State Department official, Ip says the ‘one country, two systems’ framework is ‘a work in progress’.

25 Nov 2020 - 4:15PMvideocam

Hong Kong activists (from left) Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam and Joshua Wong arrive at a Hong Kong court on Monday. Photo: AP

Hong Kong protests

Video | Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong pleads guilty for role in 2019 police headquarters siege

23 Nov 2020 - 2:03PM

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Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong opposition trio face jail after police HQ siege guilty pleas

Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow to be sentenced next Wednesday. Wong and Lam had been expected to stand trial, but changed their pleas and all three have been remanded.

24 Nov 2020 - 11:09AMvideocam

Thailand protests

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong calls for global support for Thai protests

Wong chanted slogans and flashed the three-finger Hunger Games salute outside the Thai consulate building in Admiralty.

23 Oct 2020 - 4:30PMvideocam

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