Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, shut down nearly five years ago after a Beijing-imposed national security law took effect in 2020 ...
Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories
A massive fire in Hong Kong last November killed 168 people, devastating a tight-knit community. Residents displaced by the blaze remain uncertain whether they can visit their burnt apartments or when ...
Hong Kong fire survivors at Wang Fuk Court await resettlement plans
The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades last year (2025) left thousands of residents without some of their friends, family or the place they called home.
Rubio blasts China over ‘unjust and tragic’ 20-year sentence for Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai
U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio calls Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence "unjust" as Hong Kong convicts the 78-year-old democracy activist under national security law.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong
Lai was convicted in December on charges related to national security.
Hong Kong court jails media tycoon and British citizen Jimmy Lai for 20 years
The former pro-democracy newspaper publisher was sentenced for offences under the controversial national security law.
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years’ jail
Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.
China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed ...
Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offenses
The case against Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, has become a symbol of Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong court jails pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years
In 2024, Hong Kong signed a new security law called Article 23 into force, which expands on the NSL. Article 23 covers treason, sedition and state secrets, and allows for trials to be held behind ...
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling ...
Hong Kong’s legal clampdown on Jimmy Lai, tycoon and China critic
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court on Monday sentenced media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail for two counts of conspiracy to ...
Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after national security conviction
The case against Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, has become a symbol of Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.