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Jimmy Lai Trial Adjourned Until September 2023
Entrepreneur and freedom fighter Jimmy Lai’s fight for justice will now drag on for nine more months as the Hong Kong High Court adjourns his trial. The delay comes as Hong Kong waits for Beijing to rule on allowing King’s Counsel Tim Owen, a British lawyer and...
Jimmy Lai Gets 5 Years for Fraud as He Awaits Trial
Held in solitary confinement, 75-year-old Jimmy Lai is still awaiting trial for the crime of resisting the iron grip of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. On December 10, however, that grip got a little tighter. A Hong Kong court sentenced Lai to an additional...
Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom
.field.field--name-field-audio-type a { display: none; } Acton Audio Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom December 7, 2022 Overview For this episode, we’re presenting the final evening plenary from Acton University 2022. This plenary was a panel discussion...
Hong Kong Blocks Visa for British Lawyer in Lai Trial
Hong Kong freedom fighter Jimmy Lai was scheduled to go on trial this week for alleged crimes against China’s National Security Law. However, Hong Kong’s immigration department has succeeded in pushing the trial back by denying Lai access to a key international lawyer...
Jimmy Lai Pushes to Halt National Security Trial
Mere days after bringing a veteran British litigator on his legal team, jailed Hong Kong entrepreneur Jimmy Lai is moving to halt the trial proceedings entirely. In a pretrial interview, the 74-year-old Lai came before three National Security judges to review the...