The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Lai

President Joe Biden is welcoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for wide-ranging talks on Thursday as the British leader makes his first White House visit as premier

Communication sent to Beijing government says media mogul’s prosecutions relate to his criticism of China

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.

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

A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement

Hong Kong authorities on Friday condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, "silence and discredit" pro-democracy opposition figures.

The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces long-delayed security law trial in September.

A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to challenge a decision by security officials to effectively bar his British lawyer from representing him in a landmark national security trial.

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial

An open letter to the government of Hong Kong was published barring Lai from having foreign lawyers to represent him.

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.