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2026February › 09

Hong Kong

5 months ago

The Prime Minister claimed he had raised the case of Hong Kong democracy campaigner and media mogul Jimmy Lai during his high-profile meeting with President Xi Jinping.

The media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences. His family has described the sentence as ‘heartbre…

Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile political prisoner

The UK, the UN, EU and rights groups have condemned the sentencing of …

A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old British citizen Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of national security offences last December.
Emails released by the US Department of Justice earlier this month appear to show the former duke sharing reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore.
British media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been jailed by a Hong Kong court for 20 years.
Shares of Chinese chip designer Montage Technology surged 57% in its Hong Kong trading debut on Monday following an initial share sale that raised $902 million.

Sentencing of media tycoon is the culmination of a years-long saga that critics say represents Hong Kong’s transformation from a mostly free city to one where dissent is fiercely suppressed

  • Jimmy Lai …

Lai, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was among the first prominent figures arrested under Beijing's security law in August 2020.
Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper faces possible life in prison on charges of foreign collusion.

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