28 h. ago Chinese ambassador summoned by Foreign Office over Jimmy Lai verdict

Yvette Cooper says the Foreign Office had summoned China’s top diplomatic representative to the UK to express unhappiness over the guilty verdict

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29 h. ago Yvette Cooper summons Chinese ambassador over 'politically motivated' prosecution of Jimmy Lai as ministers demand British citizen's release from Hong Kong jail

The media tycoon, a British citizen, has been found guilty by a Hong Kongcourt of conspiracy and sedition charges under national security laws imposed by Beijing.

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36 h. ago Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges

Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesThe rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itselfJimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being found guilty of national security and sedition offences, in one of the most closely watched rulings since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997.Soon after the ruling was delivered, rights and press groups decried the verdict as a “sham conviction” and an attack on press freedom. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Jimmy Lai’s conviction condemned as ‘travesty of justice’ that deepens fears over Hong Kong press freedom

Britain, New Zealand and Taiwan condemn ‘politically motivated prosecution’ of media tycoon

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44 h. ago The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself

Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Lai used his power and wealth to promote democracy, which ultimately pitted him against authorities in BeijingOn Monday, a Hong Kong court convicted Jimmy Lai of national security offences, the end to a landmark trial for the city and its hobbled protest movement.The verdict was expected. Long a thorn in the side of Beijing, Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and activist, was a primary target of the most recent and definitive crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Authorities cast him as a traitor and a criminal. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Jimmy Lai conviction is ‘death knell’ for Hong Kong press freedom, says Amnesty – live

Group says guilty verdicts against incarcerated media tycoon also show city’s national security laws designed not to protect but ‘to silence’ peopleJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong pro-democracy figure convicted of national security offencesThe three high court judges have entered the courtroom and taken their seats.The hearing is due to begin and Lai has entered the court, news reports are saying, adding that he waved to his family. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Hong Kong court finds democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition

British citizen Jimmy Lai faces prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his landmark national security trial

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46 h. ago Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

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47 h. ago Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong court to decide on national security charges against pro

Incarcerated activist and media owner has been on trial for more than two years on national security chargesJimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security chargesEarlier this month Jimmy Lai’s children voiced new alarm over the incarcerated tycoon’s health, describing his dramatic weight loss, teeth rotting and nails falling off.The report quoted them saying that Lai – was is 78 and has diabetes – had been kept in solitary confinement without air conditioning in a jail where summer temperatures rise to 44C (111F).His nails turn almost purple, grey and greenish before they fall off, and his teeth are getting rotten. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

Verdicts on foreign collusion and sedition charges are city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesLong-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial will be delivered on Monday, one of the city’s most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.The Apple Daily founder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of “conspiracy to foreign collusion” under the security law, which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, as well as one count of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. Continue reading...

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