Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's former colleagues react with dismay over conviction but say he remains an inspiration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/lai-hong-kong-press-freedom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #china #pressfreedom #hongkongprotests #media #journalism
Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
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Supporters of Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai queued outside a court overnight before Monday's verdict in his landmark trial as international calls have grown to release the China critic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/asia-pacific/politics/jimmy-lai-supporters-hong-kong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #jimmylai #hongkong #appledaily #china
Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, reaches a key moment in his long fight on Monday, with the verdict in his yearslong trial on national security charges seen as a test case of the city's rule of law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/asia-pacific/politics/jimmy-lai-hong-kong-democratic-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #jimmylai #hongkong #democracy #china #censorship #appledaily
A Hong Kong court is set to issue a verdict Monday in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a case widely criticized as a sign of erosion of political freedoms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal/jimmy-lai-verdict-monday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china #jimmylai #censorship #media #journalism
The children of Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail since 2020, are voicing new alarm about his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-family/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong #jimmylai #appledaily
The assault by local Hong Kong authorities on press freedom undermined accountability before and after the housing-complex fire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/02/world/unfree-press-and-hong-kongs-deadly-blaze/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hongkong #wangfukcourt #china #chinesecommunistparty #appledaily #jimmylai #nextmagazine #southchinamorningpost #humanrightswatch #freepress
U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China's Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when the two leaders met in South Korea last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/world/politics/trump-xi-hong-kong-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hongkong #jimmylai #china #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #appledaily
A Hong Kong court said it will deliver its verdict in media tycoon Jimmy Lai's national security trial at a later date, in a case that has drawn global attention as a test of the rule of law in the Chinese-ruled city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal#jimmylai #appledaily #hongkong #china #democracy
Jimmy Lai’s house in Kyoto once gave him refuge. The trial of the 77-year-old Hong Kong-based publisher now stands as a test of whether Japan will defend democratic values in its own region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/21/world/press-freedom-china-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews#jimmylai #hongkong #china #britain #chinesecommunistparty #democracy#tadashiyanai
Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor for the start of his final submissions in a landmark national security trial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-heart-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #democracy#jimmylai #appledaily
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would see what he could do to help "save" detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, even though Chinese President Xi Jinping would not be "thrilled." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/trump-save-jimmy-lai-hope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #donaldtrump#jimmylai #us #china #hongkong
Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's national security trial, which began in late 2023, will enter its final stages on Thursday as lawyers present closing arguments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-closing-arguments-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal#jimmylai #appledaily #hongkong #china