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World watches as landmark Jimmy Lai trial set to begin in Hong Kong

Territory’s global reputation on the line as media mogul and democracy activist finally tried over alleged national security crimes

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong's activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents

The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start this week after being delayed for over a year

The Independent UK

Legal Clampdown on China Critic, Lai, Shakes Hong Kong

In a gripping saga of power play, Hong Kong's legal vise tightens around China critic, Jimmy Lai. A poignant testament to free speech's battle!

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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law

The 76-year-old media mogul faces up to life imprisonment for alleged ‘sedition’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’.

Al Jazeera

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will meet with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.'s help in securing his release from prison

The Independent UK

David Cameron urged to tell China to free Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai

Newspaper tycoon’s son seeks meeting with foreign secretary as Briton, 76, faces trial and possible life sentence

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong mogul, activist ... and now a prisoner for 1,000 days

He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai’s plight tells of a city forced to live in the shadow of Xi’s authoritarian China

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Q&A: Sebastien Lai on father Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong ‘show trial’

The media tycoon has been in jail for three years awaiting trial under the territory’s national security law.

Al Jazeera

Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won her appeal in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory

The Independent UK

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses bid to terminate national security trial

A Hong Kong Court on Monday rejected an application to terminate a landmark national security trial against media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a case that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.

Reuters

Hong Kong court rebuffs effort to dismiss Jimmy Lai national security trial

Lawyers acting for pro-democracy activist argued that proceedings could be biased due to judge selection

The Guardian - UK

Reporters Without Borders and media leaders and call for liberation of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Reporters Without Borders and over a hundred international media leaders called on Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, an “emblematic figure in the fight for press freedom in Hong Kong and globally," who was detained by Chinese authorities 2020 and is still in jail.

Radio France Internationale

The Independent backs calls for jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be released

Editor-in-Chief Geordie Greig supports the ‘fight for press freedom in Hong Kong’

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai: editors from around the world call for release of Hong Kong media mogul

Leading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barrister

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Hong Kong political cartoonist axed after 40 years following criticism from officials

Wong Kei-kwan, known as Zunzi, says it was a ‘mutual decision’ after the Ming Pao newspaper ended his column

Reuters

Son of jailed Hong Kong activist, U.S. congressman slam UK, Vatican over rights weakness

The British son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and a leading Catholic U.S. congressman criticized Britain and the Vatican on Wednesday for failing to speak out strongly against the crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory.

The Independent UK

Press group: China biggest global jailer of journalists

A press freedom group says China was the biggest global jailer of journalists last year with more than 100 behind bars as President Xi Jinping’s government tightened control over society

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong court considers journalist appeal on press freedom day

Bao Choy is appealing her conviction over her investigation into a brutal mob attack at the Yuen Long station in 2019.

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The Guardian - UK

Visitors to Commons forced to hand over leaflets on press freedom in Hong Kong

Officials claim material on Jimmy Lai constituted political slogans but David Davis calls heavy-handed approach ‘completely daft’

The Guardian - UK

UK must fight for Jimmy Lai’s release, friend of jailed Hongkonger tells MPs

Apple Daily founder and British national, 75, in jail since 2020 facing charges under national security law

Al Jazeera

Making a point: Hong Kong journalists regroup abroad

Journalists find it difficult to report in Hong Kong after imposition of national security law and crackdown on media.

The Independent UK

Lawyers for jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai ask Rishi Sunak for urgent meeting

Downing Street says minister for Asia Anne-Marie Trevelyan has met with representatives of the Hong Kong media mogul and activist

The News Lens

Hong Kong Launches a National Security Legal Battle Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai’s case could be complicated as six former staff members of Apple Daily and Next Digital pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion last year.

The Guardian - UK

China v Jimmy Lai: a tycoon, a trial and the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

The pro-democracy figure has been subjected to a ‘travesty of justice’ because the Communist party regards his power as a threat, experts believe

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong court delays Jimmy Lai security trial by 10 months

The national security trial of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was pushed to September 2023 by a court on Tuesday, as authorities seek to have his overseas lawyer barred from the defence.

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