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

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law.…

Lai's case has been condemned internationally by free speech advocates, human rights groups and global leaders.

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty by a Hong Kong court of sedition and collusion with foreign forces.

The media tycoon, who was first arrested in 2020, could face life in prison in blow for press freedom following conviction in December

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

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 gets lengthy sentence under Beijing's national security law.

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced Jimmy Lai, a prominent pro-democracy figure and the founder of the now-defunct progressive Apple Daily, to 20 years in prison.

Rights groups condemned the 78-year-old's 20-year prison term, calling it 'effectively a death sentence' and a grave injustice. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US…

Billionaire media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner faced up to life imprisonment on national security charges

HONG KONG: Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases under…

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.

At age 78, the vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party was sentenced to jail on Monday under the national security law. The businessman headed the media group Next Digital and…

Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.

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

Jimmy Lai’s son has revealed that his father remained “stoic” and smiled as he was handed a 20 year term by a Hong Kong court, which has been described as a “death sentence”. On…

Jimmy Lai, 78, has been sentenced to 20 years. We look at what happened to major democratic Hong Kong protesters.

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. Lucy Hough speaks to the…