Jimmy Lai

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Jimmy Lai sentenced again
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai must go to prison again. On Saturday, the 75-year-old was sentenced in his hometown to five years and nine months in jail. He is accused of fraudulently violating the lease agreement for the offices of his closed-down newspaper Apple Daily. Lai is considered Hong Kong’s most prominent democratic activist. He […] continue reading →
Apple Daily: Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty
Six high-ranking employees of the defunct Hong Kong daily Apple Daily accept charges of conspiring with foreign forces based on the National Security Law. Only its founder, renowned government critic Jimmy Lai, pleaded not guilty at a public hearing in the city’s High Court on Monday. Prosecutors accuse the seven journalists of openly inciting foreign […] continue reading →
Jimmy Lai sentenced to 13 months in prison
Several Hong Kong democracy activists were sentenced to prison terms of up to 14 months on Monday. They are accused of violating Covid restrictions. They had all organized, participated in, and called for a banned vigil last year for the victims of the violent suppression of Tiananmen Square protests on June 4, 1989. Critics said […] continue reading →
Media entrepreneur Lai found guilty
On Thursday, a Hong Kong court sentenced China-critical media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, lawyer Chow Hang Tung and former opposition politician Gwyneth Ho. They had been charged with inciting others to participate in an unauthorized assembly. Lai, Chow, and Ho had pleaded not guilty to calling others to the June 4th, 2020 vigil. It is the […] continue reading →
Hong Kong activist accuses figurehead Lai after custody
Detained Hong Kong democracy activist Andy Li has pleaded guilty to violating the National Security Act, incriminating movement figurehead Jimmy Lai in the process. The 30-year-old, who used crowdfunding platforms to organize donations from overseas for the 2019 protest movement, and a 29-year-old co-defendant confessed in a court on Thursday to “colluding with foreign forces”, […] continue reading →
Hong Kong: journalists arrested for their articles
Hong Kong’s National Security Law is exactly as repressively applied as feared: During a raid on the Apple Daily newspaper, the police arrested the paper’s Editor-in-Chief and the publisher’s Managing Director, as well as three other high-ranking employees. Authorities accuse them of endangering the city’s security by “conspiring with foreign forces”. The Security Ministry cites […] continue reading →
Report: EU foreign ministers approve Indo-Pacific strategy
EU foreign ministers will adopt a joint document on the confederation’s Indo-Pacific strategy at a meeting in Brussels today, according to a media report. The strategy aims to address Beijing’s push in the region and covers various issues, Politico reported. Key points included reducing economic dependence on China and the EU’s role in digitizing Southeast […] continue reading →