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  

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 Hong Kong's top court has upheld the conviction of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six fellow accused for their role in the 2019 anti-government protests. Lai, along with Martin Lee, founding chair of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, and five former lawmakers were found guilty in 2021 of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly in the city in August 2019. Martin Lee Their appeal centred on the questions of whether their conviction was proportionate to fundamental human rights protections set out in a pair of non-binding decisions by Britain's Supreme Court known as "operational proportionality”. David Neuberger, former head of Britain's Supreme Court, was one of five judges on the Court of Final Appeal that heard the matter, adding to the debate over whether foreign judges should continue to sit on Hong Kong’s highest court amid a national security crackdown.

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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, 3 days 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 retrial convicts social worker over role in 2019 protests
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Hong Kong retrial convicts social worker over role in 2019 protests

Al Jazeera  

A different court previously cleared Jackie Chen of rioting after she said she attended protests to call for restraint. A Hong Kong court has convicted a social worker on charges of rioting over her attendance at 2019 antigovernment protests. She pleaded not guilty, but Deputy District Judge May Chung ruled that Chen had made unfounded accusations against police, shouting “provocative” …

Top Hong Kong court overturns convictions of three former organizers of Tiananmen vigils
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Top Hong Kong court overturns convictions of three former organizers of Tiananmen vigils

The Hindu  

Hong Kong's top court on Thursday overturned the convictions of three former organizers of an annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown over their refusal to provide information to police, marking a rare victory for the city's pro-democracy activists. The top court's judges ruled that by redacting the only potential evidential basis for establishing that the alliance …

Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group

Hindustan Times  

By Jessie Pang and Anson Law Hong Kong's top court quashes convictions of pro-democracy Tiananmen group HONG KONG, - Hong Kong's top court unanimously overturned on Thursday the convictions of three former members of a pro-democracy group that organised an annual candlelight vigil to mark China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, citing a miscarriage of justice. The ruling is a rare …

Former Hong Kong lawmaker sentenced to over 3 years in jail on charge of riot during 2019 protests
1 month ago

Former Hong Kong lawmaker sentenced to over 3 years in jail on charge of riot during 2019 protests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Thursday sentenced a former pro-democracy lawmaker to three years and one month in prison on a charge of riot after an incident in which he was beaten up at a subway station during the city’s anti-government protests in 2019. The attackers, wearing white shirts that contrasted with protesters’ black attire, claimed they …

Hong Kong national security police offer bounties for six ‘fugitives’
3 months ago

Hong Kong national security police offer bounties for six ‘fugitives’

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. The police issued arrest warrants under Hong Kong’s draconian …

Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists
3 months ago

Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests. “The Hong Kong government’s latest round of arrest warrants and bounties against six Hong Kong activists is a cowardly act of intimidation that aims to …

A pro-democracy ex-lawmaker in Hong Kong has been convicted of rioting during 2019 protests
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A pro-democracy ex-lawmaker in Hong Kong has been convicted of rioting during 2019 protests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted a pro-democracy former lawmaker of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019. The men, all clad in white shirts, in contrast with the black worn by protesters, claimed to be protecting their homeland in Yuen Long, a residential …

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
4 months 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 …

Hong Kong is becoming hub for financial crime, US lawmakers say
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4 months ago

Hong Kong is becoming hub for financial crime, US lawmakers say

Live Mint  

Leading China hawks in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for a rethink on whether Hong Kong should continue to enjoy the cozy banking relationship it has with the U.S., saying the city is becoming a hub for money-laundering and sanctions evasion. Hong Kong has turned into a major center for the export of controlled Western technology to Russia; …

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong
4 months, 1 week ago

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong

NPR  

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Jimmy Lai took the stand in Hong Kong this week after four years of solitary confinement. LAI: My father had a very good line, and he said, you know, Hong Kong is so poor, the …

‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong
4 months, 1 week ago

‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong

The Independent  

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Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial

Hindustan Times  

* Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial Lai denies inciting hatred, says he supports peaceful protests * Lai denies collusion with foreign forces, including the U.S * U.S. has condemned Lai's prosecution, called for his release By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, - Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said on Thursday he …

Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at the centre of largest national security trial
4 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. She was one of six former Apple Daily executives who pleaded guilty to conspiring with Lai to call for sanctions or a blockade …

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai: Didn’t ask U.S. to take action against Hong Kong
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai: Didn’t ask U.S. to take action against Hong Kong

The Hindu  

Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai denied in his landmark national security trial on Wednesday that he had asked then-U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take action against the city and China during the territory’s anti-government protests in 2019. He testified about his meetings with former U.S. officials and gave details about his alleged …

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  

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. Mr Lai’s testimony came just a day after Hong …

Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn’t ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn’t ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai denied in his landmark national security trial on Wednesday he had asked then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take action against the city and China during the territory’s anti-government protests in 2019. Authorities have used a Beijing-imposed national security law to prosecute many …

HK court sentences 45 for illegal poll
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4 months, 1 week ago

HK court sentences 45 for illegal poll

China Daily  

Four masterminds and 41 key participants behind a subversive attempt by the opposition camp to paralyze the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government in 2020 were slapped with court sentences ranging from four to 10 years on Tuesday. The 45 — including former law scholar Benny Tai Yiu-ting and prominent activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung — were among 47 who were …

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial

Al Jazeera  

Lai denies supporting Hong Kong’s independence and says his now-defunct newspaper stood for ‘core values’ of the city’s people. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time in a national security trial widely seen as a barometer of the Chinese territory’s diminishing freedoms. Answering questions from his lawyer, Lai said that his now-shuttered …

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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Starmer criticised for meeting China’s Xi as Hong Kong freedom protesters were being jailed
4 months, 1 week ago

Starmer criticised for meeting China’s Xi as Hong Kong freedom protesters were being jailed

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 …

45 Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced To Prison In Hong Kong's Biggest National Security Case
4 months, 1 week ago

45 Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced To Prison In Hong Kong's Biggest National Security Case

Huff Post  

Armed police officers stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Nov. 19, 2024. Chan Long Hei via Associated Press HONG KONG — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. However, the …

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp

Live Mint  

HONG KONG—Four years ago, a college professor in Hong Kong crafted a plan for the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy opposition to win control of the local legislature, then trigger a confrontation with Beijing by forcing the central government’s handpicked Hong Kong leader to step down. In January 2021, local authorities arrested dozens of prominent politicians and activists, later charging 47 of …

45 pro-democracy activists get jail time in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
4 months, 1 week ago

45 pro-democracy activists get jail time in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. However, the court said the penalties were not reduced for Tai and former lawmaker Alvin Yeung because they are lawyers who were “absolutely adamant in pushing …

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 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 …

Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail

ABC  

A Hong Kong Court has sent Australian man Gordon Ng to jail for more than seven years as part of a mass sentencing targeting dozens of pro-democracy activists under the territory's sweeping national security laws. Senator Wong said the government was "gravely concerned" by the development, saying Australia had "expressed our strong objections to the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities …

45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here’s who some of them are
4 months, 1 week ago

45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here’s who some of them are

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the largest case under a national security law that critics say crushed political activism in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Joshua Wong Joshua Wong rose to fame in Hong Kong in 2012 as a high school student leading protests against the introduction of national …

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong, a former student leader and …

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under an anti-terrorism law. Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under the anti-terror law and possession of arms or …

Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former Stand News editors in landmark sedition case
6 months ago

Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former Stand News editors in landmark sedition case

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom
6 months ago

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom

LA Times  

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at the Wanchai District Court ahead of the final sentencing of Stand News sedition case in Wan Chai district court in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison …

Jimmy Lai’s lawyers appeal to UN over media mogul’s health amid drawn-out Hong Kong trial
6 months ago

Jimmy Lai’s lawyers appeal to UN over media mogul’s health amid drawn-out Hong Kong trial

The Independent  

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Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case
7 months ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. “While they turn a blind eye to their own countries’ records of suppressing news media, …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists
7 months ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial
7 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media. Hong Kong enacted the law to implement a U.N. Security Council resolution passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, …

Hong Kong activist defiant during landmark trial: ‘No one wants to be ruled by a totalitarian regime’
7 months ago

Hong Kong activist defiant during landmark trial: ‘No one wants to be ruled by a totalitarian regime’

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom
7 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A court in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong convicted two former editors of a now-defunct news outlet on Thursday in a landmark sedition case that became the latest blow to press freedom in a country which was once hailed as a bastion of free media in the Asian continent. Stand News was once Hong Kong's leading online media with a …

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

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

The Independent  

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British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel
7 months, 2 weeks ago

British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel

The Independent  

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How can the British judge who upheld Jimmy Lai’s conviction sleep at night?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How can the British judge who upheld Jimmy Lai’s conviction sleep at night?

The Independent  

Jimmy Lai, together with his friends in Hong Kong, ranks alongside the world’s greatest dissidents and champions of freedom. The decision by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal to reject an appeal by these seven courageous Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders against a conviction for taking part in a peaceful protest in 2019 is – as the last British governor of Hong …

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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British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity
7 months, 2 weeks ago

British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity

The Independent  

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