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Jimmy Lai’s legal team confirms he will not appeal 20-year sentence

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction and 20-year sentence, lawyer says

Last month, the pro-democracy activist and media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail under Hong Kong’s national security law

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release

Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist party

The Guardian - UK

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Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says

The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong

Letter: Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to an editorial

The Guardian - UK

Twenty-year sentence for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is a further blow for journalists feeling the heat of Beijing’s crackdown on press freedom

The sentencing of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on February 8 on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign forces prompted international outrage.

The Conversation

Father of exiled Hong Kong activist sentenced to 8 months in jail in insurance case

Daughter calls Kwok Yin Sang’s conviction ‘transnational repression’

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Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction overturned by Hong Kong court in rare legal win for activist

Appellate court quashes convictions linked to lease violations but Lai may still spend rest of his life in prison

The Guardian - AU

Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction quashed by Hong Kong court in rare victory

Lai, 78, an outspoken critic of China's ruling Communist Party, will stay in prison

The Independent UK

Who Is Claire Lai? The Daughter Fighting to Save Jimmy Lai From Life in Prison

Claire Lai steps into the spotlight to advocate for her father, Jimmy Lai, a symbol of media resistance, as she attends the State of the Union address.

International Business Times UK

Taiwanese president names the countries that will be ‘next’ if China is allowed to invade

Taiwan will not be any country’s ‘bargaining chip’, island’s president says

The Independent UK

Father of exiled Hong Kong activist convicted in unprecedented insurance case under national security law

Family of US-based Hong Kong dissident held guilty in first such case

The Independent UK

Chinese museum embroiled in corruption scandal after priceless artwork mysteriously appears at auction

Painting once deemed a forgery and ‘transferred’ by museum appears at auction at an estimated price of £9.3m

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Jimmy Lai: what Britain’s caution says about its relationship to Beijing’s power

Editorial: Australia defended a detained journalist despite the risks. Britain’s muted response to a media mogul’s harsh sentence suggests a narrowing view of what confrontation is worth

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The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

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

The Independent UK

China’s Hong Kong white paper targets ‘hostile’ foreign intervention after Jimmy Lai ruling

Hong Kong’s leader John Lee welcomed the white paper, saying it is ‘of great significance and has come at exactly the right time’

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time

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

Evening Standard

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Newslaundry

20 years for a China critic: Former media tycoon’s jailing signals the end of an era for Hong Kong’s press

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

Reason

Jimmy Lai Got a 20-Year Sentence for Saying Things the Chinese Government Didn't Like

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

The Independent UK

Son of Jimmy Lai fears he’ll never see father again after media tycoon’s 20-year sentence

Sebastien Lai told The Independent of his devastation at his father’s ‘almost comically large’ jail term, but spoke of his pride that Jimmy Lai had fought so hard for press freedom

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son says his father remains ‘stoic’ in the face of 20-year ‘death sentence’

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”.

Reason

Half-Hearted Halftime Outrage

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The Guardian - UK

UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

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

The Independent UK

UK pushing for release of Hong Kong campaigner Jimmy Lai on humanitarian grounds

British national Mr Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday under a security law imposed by China.

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