Hours after Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, was found guilty on sedition charges, his daughter told reporters she hopes international pressure can spare her father.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
Lai, 78, was convicted of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty.
Hong Kong court convicts pro-democracy activist and mogul Jimmy Lai
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his guilty verdict.
Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
Jimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China’s rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his verdict.
Jimmy Lai convicted by Hong Kong court in landmark national security trial
The pro-democracy activist, 78, had pleaded not guilty to charges of sedition and colluding with foreign forces and faces life in prison.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial, faces possible life sentence
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s ...
Live Updates: Hong Kong Court Finds Jimmy Lai Guilty in National Security Trial
Officials had cast Mr. Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, as the mastermind of protests that roiled the city in 2019. He could face life in prison.
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to receive verdict in landmark national security trial
Lai, one of the fiercest critics of the Chinese state, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.
Live Updates: Hong Kong Court to Hand Down Verdict in Jimmy Lai’s Trial
Judges in Hong Kong will hand down a verdict in the landmark national security trial of the media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai on Monday, bringing to a close a five-year-old case that ...
Hong Kong court set to rule in Jimmy Lai’s landmark national security trial
The pro-democracy activist, 78, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sedition and colluding with foreign forces and faces life in prison if convicted.
Hong Kong’s last opposition party votes to disband under China pressure
It was the culmination of Chinese pressure on the city's remaining liberal voices in a years-long security crackdown.
Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city 's once-diverse political landscape.