Taipei, Taiwan – Closing arguments are due to begin in Hong Kong on Wednesday in the high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy activists and legislators, more than 1,000 days after they were ...
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's long-awaited trial over charges that he "colluded with foreign forces" has begun in Hong Kong. The 76-year-old, who has been in prison since December 2020 ...
Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are being charged with subversion under the territory’s national security law. The offense carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai allegedly tried to trigger mainland China's political and economic collapse, a court in Hong Kong has heard. Mr Lai, a 76-year-old UK citizen and founder of ...
Three key democracy activists were sentenced to jail yesterday. They had all pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in a 15-hour siege of the city’s police headquarters during ...
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NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial “Ideas are bulletproof”. Three words, stamped out in multicolour tiles above a doorway ...
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court rejected an activist publisher’s latest effort Friday to use a British lawyer to defend him against national security charges as Beijing tries to crush a pro ...
The 12-strong jury, who were selected last week, will hear opening arguments from the prosecution, who will outline the ...
LONDON--The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai met with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.’s help in securing his release from ...
Andy Li worked with Japanese politicians to lobby for immigration schemes for Hongkongers and sanctions against “perpetuators ...