The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Lai

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

The U.S. consul general in Hong Kong says about 20% of the Americans living in the city have left over the past two years

Hong Kong and Chinese authorities expressed strong opposition on Wednesday to a meeting between the legal team of Jimmy Lai, the jailed pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon, and a British minister.

Lawyers for Jimmy Lai, a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher, have asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a leading member of his international legal team said Tuesday.

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

A lawyer for a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher says her team has asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Dual Hong Kong and British citizen is awaiting trial on national security charges that could result in life sentence

The immediate effect is that Jimmy Lai would lose his right to hire an overseas lawyer to defend against foreign collusion charges, which could lead to a maximum life sentence.

China's top lawmaking body has given Hong Kong leader John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city's courts, in a move likely to further fuel concerns over judicial independence.