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, has been sentenced to 20 years in ...

Lai was convicted in December on charges related to national security.

China's 'national security law' was tailored to zero in on someone like Lai, who pushed for democracy, freedom of speech, and government reform.

The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity.

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 sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups.

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 ...

Hong Kong democracy advocate and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is 78 years old, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison ...

Who is Jimmy Lai? British citizen and democracy activist sentenced in Hong Kong - Jimmy Lai has already spent 1,800 days in ...