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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to at least 12 months in jail for his involvement in a 2019 pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong. Three people have died and multiple are sick with salmonella ... ( read original story ...)

“I was very worried about being caught at the airport," the teenager said. “But on the flight, I finally felt safer and the most relaxed in a long time.” ... ( read original story ...)

I was very worried about being caught at the airport," the teenager said. “But on the flight, I finally felt safer and the most relaxed in a long time.” ... ( read original story ...)

Inside Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper as China clamps down on press freedom Hong Kong's rebel media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison in Hong Kong District Court Friday after ... ( read original story ...)

Several longtime pro-democracy advocates on Friday learned their fate for organizing one of Hong Kong's largest-ever street protests during the height of anti-government demonstrations. Nine ... ( read original story ...)

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Veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners are jailed as Beijing extends its crackdown on dissent. Is China’s promise of ‘one country, two systems’ officially over? The verdicts came as mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Nine are sentenced, including Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai. ( read original story ...)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special immigration initiative for Hong Kong residents received over 500 applications in its first three weeks, a spokesman for Canada's immigration ministry ... ( read original story ...)

The punishments for Mr. Lai, a media tycoon, and other leaders over an unauthorized peaceful protest point to what critics say is the shrinking space for dissent in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Some in the mostly elderly group received suspended sentences in connection with the nonviolent march in 2019. ( read original story ...)

A group of high-profile Hong Kong pro-democracy activists including the media mogul Jimmy Lai have been sentenced to jail terms of up to 18 months for organising or attending “unauthorised assemblies” ... ( read original story ...)

The prison sentences over an unauthorized peaceful protest point to what critics say is the shrinking space for dissent in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

A rags-to-riches millionaire, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in Beijing's side thanks to his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy. ( read original story ...)