The media tycoon, a Chinese-born British citizen, had been a persistent critic of Beijing. The sentence is the harshest penalty so far under a national security law.

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 ...

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling ...

The case against Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, has become a symbol of Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has become what observers say is a symbol of the 2020 crackdown on press freedoms in ...

Lai, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was among the first prominent figures arrested under Beijing's security law in August 2020.

HONG KONG -- Prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was a child stowaway from mainland China who rose to become Hong Kong’s ...

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s High Court wrapped up mitigation hearings on Jan 13 for media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai, in a final step before the sentencing phase of a years-long national security ...

A former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his appointment by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 was the result of years of trust, shared convictions, loyalty, ...

Taiwan’s opposition lawmakers started the process of impeaching President Lai Ching-te – a bid that will almost certainly fail given they lack the votes to go forward. On Friday, legislators from the ...

For Americans wondering about the future of China and its relationship with the West, the latest verdict in the Jimmy Lai case proves an ominous harbinger of Hong Kong’s continued slide towards ...

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, unveiled his new book, ‘Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined an Administration’, in Abuja on Wednesday. The launch was ...