AOL

Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai's sentence raises international outcry as China defends it

HONG KONG (AP) — Monday's sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities ...
CNN

Daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells CNN she is devastated by guilty verdict handed down to her father

The guilty verdict handed down this week to Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was expected but is still devastating, his daughter Claire Lai told CNN’s Jim Sciutto, blaming what ...
AOL

Inside the Hong Kong newsrooms stifled by fear after Jimmy Lai’s conviction

When police raided the Apple Daily newsroom in 2021, journalists across Hong Kong understood they were watching more than the collapse of a newspaper. They were being shown the future. A little over ...
The New York Times

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. By Andrew Higgins and Alexandra Stevenson Andrew Higgins, ...
Human Rights Watch

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai Convicted on Bogus National Security Charges

(New York) – The 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 ...