Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts

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

Ex giornalisti e ong preoccupati: colpo decisivo a libertà di stampa

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

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…

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…

El castigo contra el fundador de ‘Apple Daily’ supone la pena más dura impuesta hasta ahora por delitos de seguridad nacional y refuerza el mensaje de tolerancia cero con la…

L’ex magnate dei media e fondatore di Apple Daily, simbolo del fronte pro-democrazia, a 78 anni riceve la pena più severa mai inflitta sotto la legge sulla sic…

Jimmy Lai culpado por conspiração com forças estrangeiras, no caso judicial mais mediático desde a imposição da Lei de Segurança Nacional de Pequim na região administrativa…

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, 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…

US, UK officials call for Jimmy Lai's release on 'humanitarian' grounds due to his age and health.

Who will speak out for values and rights and my fellow democracy activist now that opposition has been silenced in Hong Kong? I say Britain should, says activist Nathan Law

EDITORIAL. The 20-year prison sentence handed down to the pro-democracy activist and former media tycoon is the latest sign of the ruthless crackdown under the authority of Xi…