Learn “conviction”, “dissent”, “denied” in slow English. From: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison
- Finland jails two over Baltic cable sabotage
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- RechercheAmnesty International deputy regional director Sarah Brooks said the sentence was a reminder of the national security law being used to punish dissent rather than genuinely protect national security.
- RechercheThe report places the case against a backdrop of a series of cable and pipeline incidents in the Baltic Sea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and says Finland has stepped up efforts to protect undersea infrastructure.