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2026February › 09

Lai

5 months ago

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 …

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.

Observers fear that conviction under national security law could come under the most severe penalty band of 10 years to life imprisonment. Follow the latest developments, live

  • Jimmy Lai faces sentenc…

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