Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction and prison sentence were overturned by a Hong Kong court on Thursday, in a surprise legal decision soon after Lai was jailed on a separate national security charge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-fraud-conviction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china #jimmylai #appledaily
For Hong Kong journalists, this week's sentencing of pro-democracy newspaper head Jimmy Lai affirms a climate of fear and self-censorship in the years since Beijing imposed a national security law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #journalism #censorship #jimmylai #appledaily
China is signaling greater efforts to protect national security in Hong Kong after the sentencing of former media mogul Jimmy Lai renewed foreign governments’ calls for his release. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-outcry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #democracy #jimmylai #appledaily
A Hong Kong court sentenced former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, giving the pro-democracy advocate the heaviest penalty ever meted out under a Beijing-imposed national security law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-20-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #china #appledaily #democracy
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced in the financial hub's most high-profile national security case. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-sentencing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #appledaily #china
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
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
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
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