Jimmy Lai lawyers urge Hong Kong court to throw out sedition charge as landmark trial begins
1 year, 3 months ago

Jimmy Lai lawyers urge Hong Kong court to throw out sedition charge as landmark trial begins

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The landmark trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai began in Hong Kong on Monday, with his lawyers seeking the dismissal of sedition charges due to the amount of time that had already lapsed when he was formally charged. open image in gallery Activist Alexandra Wong, also known as Grandma Wong, holds a British flag outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Mr Lai wore a crew-cut top and a grey jacket in the court and appeared calm and thinner than on his previous appearances. open image in gallery Police officers stand guard as an armored prison van carrying Jimmy Lai leaves West Kowloon Law Courts In his opening remarks to the court, Mr Pang told judges Esther Toh, Susana D’Almada Remedios and Alex Lee: “When fundamental rights are engaged, any protection must be interpreted generously in favour of Mr Lai and narrowly for the prosecution.” Mr Lai has pleaded not guilty to all the national security charges brought, which could see him jailed for life if he is convicted. open image in gallery Cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at the West Kowloon Law Courts Mr Lai’s trial, which is expected to last 80 days, was condemned by both the UK and US as an “attempt to stop the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and association”.

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Son of Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says 77-year-old could die in jail and calls for his release
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Son of Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says 77-year-old could die in jail and calls for his release

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, called Tuesday for his father’s release in a high-profile national security case. Sebastien Lai, in a meeting with reporters in Washington, said the prison conditions where his 77-year-old diabetic father is being held in solitary confinement are “inhumane …

Hong Kong court rejects first legal challenge to 2024 national security law
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court rejects first legal challenge to 2024 national security law

Al Jazeera  

Judge dismisses bid for early release by man sentenced to five years in prision for ‘inciting secession’. A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed protester’s bid for early release in the first legal challenge to the Chinese territory’s recently enacted national security law. Ma Chun-man was sentenced to five years in prison for “inciting secession” under a Beijing-decreed national …

European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai
3 months, 3 weeks ago

European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai

Live Mint  

-- European lawmakers have called for fresh sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials over the prosecution of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, as the trial of the city’s top security law target enters its final stage. Members of European Parliament wrote that Hong Kong authorities should “immediately and unconditionally release all pro-democracy politicians.” They added in a resolution that …

Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at the centre of largest national security trial
4 months ago

Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at the centre of largest national security trial

The Independent  

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China rips countries' intrusion in HK trial
4 months, 1 week ago

China rips countries' intrusion in HK trial

China Daily  

The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly rejected other countries' interference in China's internal affairs regarding the national security case of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, and insisted that no one should engage in illegal activities under the guise of "freedom". The spokesman emphasized that based on Hong Kong's Basic Law and the National Security Law, the HKSAR government safeguards national security in …

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial
4 months, 1 week ago

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial

The Independent  

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Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in China-led crackdown on dissent
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in China-led crackdown on dissent

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners on subversion charges
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4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners on subversion charges

Raw Story  

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted of subversion in the city's largest national security trial, with "mastermind" Benny Lai receiving the longest term of 10 years. Australia's government said it was "gravely concerned" after dual citizen Gordon Ng received a sentence of seven years and three months, and said it would continue to advocate for …

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai
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4 months, 1 week ago

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai

Raw Story  

Dozens of lawmakers from across the world called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, before he is due to give evidence in his collusion trial in Hong Kong. The letter's release came on the same day a Hong Kong court jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under a sweeping national …

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in city’s largest security case
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in city’s largest security case

Al Jazeera  

Legal scholar Benny Tai is sentenced to 10 years, while dozens of others receive years-long jail terms. Taipei, Taiwan – A Hong Kong court has sentenced a leading pro-democracy advocate to 10 years in prison and handed dozens of other activists years-long jail terms in the Chinese territory’s largest national security case. Under Hong Kong’s Beijing-drafted national security law, defendants …

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial
4 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is expected to testify on Wednesday at his own national security trial in a high stakes court battle that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. You can also save the world.” Prosecutors …

Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
6 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt

Al Jazeera  

Chu Kai-pong faces a sentence of up to 10 years in jail after becoming the first convict under the strict new laws. A Hong Kong man is facing as long as 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt featuring a protest slogan. In court on Monday, Chu Kai-pong, 27, was the first person …

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that’s seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. It’s Hong Kong’s first sedition case involving media since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Stand …

What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?

The Independent  

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Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail

The Independent  

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Jimmy Lai’s conviction is unjust, says former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai’s conviction is unjust, says former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten

The Independent  

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Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case

The Independent  

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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case
8 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case

The Independent  

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Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says
8 months ago

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A defense lawyer said Thursday that prominent publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense in the landmark national security trial brought under a Beijing-imposed law that has all but wiped out public dissent. The prosecutors have alleged that Lai had engaged in requesting foreign countries, especially the United States, to take actions against Beijing “under the …

Labour must help release Briton Jimmy Lai jailed in China amid fears he could die in prison, son says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour must help release Briton Jimmy Lai jailed in China amid fears he could die in prison, son says

The Independent  

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Hong Kong hits back as UK judge says rule of law ‘profoundly compromised’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong hits back as UK judge says rule of law ‘profoundly compromised’

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong has hit back at a British judge who announced his resignation from the territory’s top court last week and expressed concern that the rule of law was in danger following the landmark conviction of 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists. Jonathan Sumption, one of two British judges who resigned from the Court of Final Appeal last week, wrote in …

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists found guilty as China completes ‘purge’ of opposition
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists found guilty as China completes ‘purge’ of opposition

The Telegraph  

Hong Kong was accused of conducting a “near-total purge” of a generation of pro-democracy activists after 14 were convicted of subversion on Thursday in a landmark trial that dealt another blow to the city’s freedoms. The 14 defendants were accused of “conspiring to subvert state power” under a draconian national security law that was imposed on Hong Kong by China …

Hong Kong charges six people under homegrown national security law
10 months ago

Hong Kong charges six people under homegrown national security law

Al Jazeera  

Police arrest the group for ‘seditious’ social media posts under Article 23, which was pushed through in March. Hong Kong’s national security police have charged six people for allegedly seditious posts on Facebook, in the first arrests under a newly-enacted domestic security law. The domestic national security law came into force in March after pro-Beijing lawmakers passed it unanimously, nearly …

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns
1 year ago

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns

Al Jazeera  

The law, known as Article 23, has been criticised internationally over fears it could erode civil liberties. A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials. The law, also known as Article 23, came into at midnight …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
1 year ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

The Hindu  

Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city's sedition law since …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
1 year ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city’s …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
1 year ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

LA Times  

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a 40-month sentence for Tam Tak-chi, a pro-democracy activist shown being escorted by correctional officers in 2021. Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush …

Commissioner's office: Jimmy Lai's trial fair
1 year, 2 months ago

Commissioner's office: Jimmy Lai's trial fair

China Daily  

Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. The Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Wednesday refuted Western politicians' smears against the SAR's handling of Jimmy Lai's national security case, saying the trial is law-based and impartial. They also slandered the central government's policies toward …

UK and US-based figures named in Jimmy Lai trial dismiss ‘sham’ allegations
1 year, 2 months ago

UK and US-based figures named in Jimmy Lai trial dismiss ‘sham’ allegations

The Independent  

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Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges
1 year, 2 months ago

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 76-year-old media tycoon who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper faces one count of conspiring to print seditious publications to incite hatred against the Chinese and …

Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges
1 year, 2 months ago

Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges

Al Jazeera  

Media tycoon is the most prominent individual to face trial under the law imposed by China in 2020. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his closely-watched trial under the territory’s national security law that could see him jailed for life. Lai, 76, has been in prison since December 2020 and faces two …

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security crimes
1 year, 2 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security crimes

ABC  

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to "sedition" and "collusion" charges in a high-profile national security trial that could see him jailed for life. Key points: Jimmy Lai is accused of two counts of colluding with foreign forces The prosecutor cited Mr Lai's newspaper Apple Daily as examples of "seditious publications" Prosecutors accused Mr Lai …

Hong Kong court refuses to throw out sedition charge against media mogul Jimmy Lai
1 year, 3 months ago

Hong Kong court refuses to throw out sedition charge against media mogul Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge
1 year, 3 months ago

Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him, delivering the ruling on the third day of his landmark national security trial. Hong Kong is a former British colony that returned to China’s rule in 1997 under a promise the city retain its …

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge
1 year, 3 months ago

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge

Al Jazeera  

A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him as he faces a landmark national security trial. Lai, the founder of the defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications under a sedition law enacted when Hong Kong was a British colony. Lai, …

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’
1 year, 3 months ago

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’

The Independent  

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UK presses for consular access to Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial enters second day
1 year, 3 months ago

UK presses for consular access to Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial enters second day

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day Tuesday, with judges expected to rule by the end of the week on his lawyers’ bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents. His landmark trial — tied to the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple …

Jimmy Lai is a media mogul facing a Hong Kong court on national security charges, but his son fears it will be a 'sham trial'
1 year, 3 months ago

Jimmy Lai is a media mogul facing a Hong Kong court on national security charges, but his son fears it will be a 'sham trial'

ABC  

For three years now, the only pictures Sebastien Lai has seen of his father are news photos captured over the fence at Hong Kong's Stanley Prison. Jimmy Lai, who is a devout Catholic, smiled and waved to his supporters as he walked inside, including Hong Kong's 91-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen – also an outspoken democracy advocate. "I am gravely concerned …

David Cameron calls on Hong Kong to release Jimmy Lai
1 year, 3 months ago

David Cameron calls on Hong Kong to release Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai
1 year, 3 months ago

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. The U.S. condemned Lai’s prosecution and urged authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing to respect press freedom, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller …

Jimmy Lai’s security trial opens in Hong Kong, UK urges immediate release
1 year, 3 months ago

Jimmy Lai’s security trial opens in Hong Kong, UK urges immediate release

Al Jazeera  

The media tycoon and democracy supporter, now 76, has been in jail for three years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged national security offences, hours after the United Kingdom joined calls for his immediate release. I call on the Hong Kong authorities to end their prosecution and release …

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law
1 year, 3 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law

Al Jazeera  

The 76-year-old media mogul faces up to life imprisonment for alleged ‘sedition’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’. He initially planned to hire a British lawyer, Timothy Owen, to defend him in a decision that secured the backing of Hong Kong’s highest court, which dismissed the government’s bid to block Owen’s appointment and impose a “blanket ban” on foreign lawyers working …

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
1 year, 3 months ago

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

The Independent  

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A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion trial of pro-democracy activists
1 year, 3 months ago

A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion trial of pro-democracy activists

The Independent  

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For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait
1 year, 4 months ago

For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait

Al Jazeera  

Closing arguments are due to begin in high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy figures nearly three years after arrests. While the “Hong Kong 47” case is the largest national security case to date, drawn-out proceedings have become a feature of the city’s British-inherited legal system since the imposition of the national security law following anti-government protests in 2019. “There is also …

Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free Briton jailed in China ‘to avoid damaging relations’
1 year, 5 months ago

Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free Briton jailed in China ‘to avoid damaging relations’

The Independent  

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Jimmy Lai’s son fears Hong Kong media mogul may die in detention while awaiting trial
1 year, 6 months ago

Jimmy Lai’s son fears Hong Kong media mogul may die in detention while awaiting trial

Associated Press  

LONDON — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said Wednesday he did not want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely. His son Sebastien Lai, 28, and his lawyers have described the case as a “show trial.” …

James Cleverly accused of ‘missing’ opportunity to challenge China over arrest of British citizen Jimmy Lai
1 year, 6 months ago

James Cleverly accused of ‘missing’ opportunity to challenge China over arrest of British citizen Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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