# VOA Focus: Hong Kong and Macao pro-democracy figures receive heavy sentences; overseas Hong Kongers urge US pressure

https://mins.news/en/video/133167

- VOA Chinese, 2026-11-06 21:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV5YUS3Lb40

> The Nov. 6 program reports that pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong and Macao have received a series of heavy sentences, prompting overseas Hong Kongers to urge US pressure. Secretary of State Rubio and the governments of 10 countries, including the US and UK, condemned Hong Kong’s heavy sentence for Joshua Wong.

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