Jimmy Lai, the former publisher ... sentenced 45 Hong Kong activists to prison sentences ranging between four and 10 years for their participation in a nonbinding primary election in 2020. ...

As part of the lawfare against Jimmy Lai, he was convicted of unauthorized assembly in 2021 for his participation in pro-democracy protests and sentenced to 17 months in prison.

Jimmy Lai, who is charged with national security offenses, testified that his newspaper “carried a torch to the reality” of people’s desire for freedom in the city. By David Pierson and ...

Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong's most influential pro-democracy figures, has testified in court for the first time in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail.

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...

The day before he took the stand, another Hong Kong court sentenced 45 pro-democracy advocates to a combined 245 years in prison for participating in an informal pro-democracy election primary.

Mr Lai, 76, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, could be sentenced to life in prison if found guilty of sedition and collusion with foreign powers under the draconian national ...

Lai began his testimony on November 20, just one day after 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to as much as 10 years in prison under a national security law.

Jimmy Lai, who is charged with national security offenses, testified that his newspaper “carried a torch to the reality” of people’s desire for freedom in the city. By David Pierson and ...

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...