Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.
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.
Britain's foreign secretary demanded the release of Hong Kong pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai after a court sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
The Hong Kong High Court’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder and democracy advocate, to 20 years in prison is a devastating blow to media freedom in the city.
The 78-year-old pro-democracy former media tycoon was convicted in December of violating a China-imposed national security ...
PRO-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of national security offences ...
Lai, 78, was convicted in December of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security, ...
Hong Kong’s most eminent media mogul Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20-years in jail on Monday in a high-profile national security trial. The landmark verdict brought Hong Kong's ...
Jimmy Lai, who has been jailed for 20 years, always said he owed Hong Kong, a city that had given him "everything".
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling on China to release Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail today under a sweeping national security law.