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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Jimmy Lai, 78, was found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious articles. The former Apple Daily founder faces life imprisonment.

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The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself

Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Lai used his power and wealth to promote democracy, which ultimately pitted him against authorities in Beijing

The Guardian - AU

Volkswagen's $3.5B gamble: Can it win back share in the competitive Chinese market

Volkswagen is making a big move in China by investing $3.5 billion in a research and development center in the low-key central China city of Hefei, west of Shanghai

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Hong Kong convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai in national security trial

He was charged in 2020 after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the Asian financial hub.

Axios

Jimmy Lai is a Hong Kong rags-to-riches media tycoon who became a fierce critic of Beijing

Former media mogul Jimmy Lai, a vocal critic of China's Communist Party, faces a landmark verdict in Hong Kong

The Independent UK

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

The Independent UK

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges

Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades

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Hong Kong media tycoon convicted – as it happened

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Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai, former pro-democracy newspaper founder, to hear verdict in national security case

A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict in the national security case of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on Monday

The Independent UK

MPs pledge support as Jimmy Lai spends 78th birthday in prison ‘for believing in freedom of speech’

British media tycoon’s children raise alarm over his failing health in Hong Kong jail

The Independent UK

British media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s teeth rotting and nails falling out in Hong Kong jail, his children say

Lai’s children say activist’s health deteriorating since being imprisoned in 2020

The Independent UK

Italy backs calls for release of imprisoned media mogul Jimmy Lai

Italian envoy says Lai has been in prison since 2020 for ‘peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression’

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son sends message to Trump before key summit: Please convince Xi Jinping to free my father

Exclusive: Son of British media tycoon welcomes US president’s promise to raise issue during Thursday’s landmark meeting

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Trump says he is open to meeting Kim Jong-un as he embarks on whirlwind Asia tour

Trip will see him take part in high-stakes trade talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping – but he also raised prospect of meeting North Korean leader

The Guardian - UK

Exiled Hong Kong dissidents fear UK plan to restart extraditions will put them in danger

Legislative change comes five years after treaty suspended in response to city’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists

The Independent UK

Hong Kong chief pledges to continue national security crackdown in key annual address

Hong Kong will continue to prevent, suppress and punish acts that endanger national security, John Lee says

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Hong Kong responds to damning report by denying it has any political prisoners at all

Hong Kong’s correctional services department denies claims of violence and neglect in prisons

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son gives Hong Kong dire warning: ‘Release my father or see him become a martyr’

Sebastien Lai says international community must send China message that its repressive actions have ‘very real consequences’

The Independent UK

Report points to alarming rates of sexual and physical violence in Hong Kong prisons

Report finds juvenile detainees subjected to rampant sexual violence while in prison

International Business Times

Killing Hong Kong's Lai Would Strengthen Democracy Message, Son Says

Locked up for more than four years and ailing, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai would only become a greater symbol if he died in prison, his son said.

The Guardian - UK

Final arguments conclude in Jimmy Lai national security trial in Hong Kong

Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against pro-democracy media mogul

International Business Times

Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Verdict To Come 'In Good Time': Judge

A Hong Kong court finished hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Thursday, though a judge declined to say when a verdict will be reached.

Al Jazeera

Who is Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s jailed media tycoon?

Verdict in Lai’s national security trial is being closely watched as a test of Hong Kong’s rule of law.

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong awaits verdict as landmark national security trial concludes

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai

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