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Hong Kong Court Denies Jimmy Lai’s Petition to Terminate Trial
The Hong Kong High Court has rejected a request by pro-democracy activist and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai to terminate his upcoming trial under the city’s so-called National Security Law (NSL), according to Reuters. Lai, a well-known figure in Hong Kong’s media...
The fight to free Hong Kong’s billionaire pro-democracy activist, Jimmy Lai [ABC Radio National]
The fight to free Jimmy Lai A campaign to free billionaire and pro democracy fighter, Jimmy Lai from a Hong Kong prison continues. Central to the campaign is a documentary detailing his rags to riches story and his commitment to halting the erosion of the rule of law...
The ballad of Jimmy Lai is the anthem of Hong Kong’s demise [The Hill]
The first time I met Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai in the early 2000s, I really didn’t know much about him. I knew his newspaper, Apple Daily, was one of the key players in the Hong Kong market, and that he was a wealthy man. He greeted me in a chaotic newsroom and...
Jimmy Lai Denied U.K. Human Rights Lawyer—Again
Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance has rejected Jimmy Lai’s appeal challenging the denial of access to U.K. counsel. In November of last year, a national security committee denied Lai, a U.K. citizen, the right to add King’s Counsel Tim Owen, a veteran U.K. lawyer...
‘The Hong Konger’ Review: Jimmy Lai’s Moral Heroism [Wall Street Journal]
‘It would be so boring just being a businessman,” notes the Hong Kong entrepreneur and media mogul Jimmy Lai, who became a billionaire building a chain of popular clothing stores in Hong Kong and China and could be living in resplendency at the moment. Instead, “I...