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World record 53 red cards shown in Brazil football match
Referees have red-carded 53 players and staff after a massive brawl in an under-20s football match in Brazil.
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to ten years in jail
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, who became the global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has been sentenced.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case
<p>Wong, 30, has been imprisoned since 2020 and is the only activist in Hong Kong prosecuted twice under national security law</p><p>Hong Kong activist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/joshua-wong">Joshua Wong</a> was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion”, his second conviction under a national security law that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city.</p><p>Wong, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/14/joshua-wong-the-student-who-risked-the-wrath-of-beijing-its-about-turning-the-impossible-into-the-possible">rose to prominence</a> as the teenage face of Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/02/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-pleads-guilty-collusion-china">submitted his plea</a> in September. He had been accused of working with the exiled Hong Kong activist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nathan-law">Nathan Law</a> to urge foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades or other hostile measures against China.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/hong-kong-joshua-wong-sentenced-national-security-case">Continue reading...</a>
GB Nov 5, 2026The Guardian World