Here’s a concise update on the latest publicly reported developments regarding Jimmy Lai.
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Ahead of this week’s resumption of the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and founder of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The years-long pre-trial incarceration of a 76-year-old man simply because his newspaper dared to criticize the government and report public discussions lays […]
www.amnesty.orgHong Kong media tycoon and founder of tabloid Apple Daily Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s trial began on December 18, 2023. He is being prosecuted under the national security law and a colonial-era sedition legislation. Lai faces three conspiracy charges relating to sedition and collusion with foreign forces.
www.scmp.comJimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China's rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.
www.nytimes.comFormer 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…
www.cnn.comThe national security trial in Hong Kong against Jimmy Lai, owner of the shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was again postponed on August 15, 2025, for health reasons.
www.hrw.orgLatest news on publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, owner of the tabloid-style Apple Daily newspaper.
www.scmp.comThe 78-year-old UK citizen was convicted of lobbying foreign governments to impose sanctions on HK and China.
www.bbc.comThe Hong Kong High Court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, is the latest marker of Hong Kong’s dramatic shift from respecting press freedoms to endorsing outright hostility toward the media.
www.hrw.orgResponding to today’s conviction of Hong Kong newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on national security charges, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The predictability of today’s verdict does not make it any less dismaying – the conviction of Jimmy Lai feels like the death knell for press freedom in Hong Kong, where the essential work […]
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