Remember Hong Kong

Joshua Wong, a 29-year-old democracy activist and "poster child for political activism in Hong Kong," remains imprisoned after being charged with encouraging Western governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and support the city's democracy movement. Wong, who co-founded the pro-democracy group Scholarism at age 14 and was featured on Time magazine's cover as a teenager, pleaded guilty to the charges and now faces a potentially life sentence, extending his incarceration well beyond his originally scheduled January 2027 release date. The article calls for continued international attention to Wong and other political prisoners in Hong Kong following the Chinese Communist Party's successful suppression of the city's democracy movement.