Coverage dated December 13, 2025 to December 15, 2025
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai
Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 2 developments
Hours after Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, was found guilty on sedition charges, his daughter told reporters she hopes international pressure can spare her father.
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Developments in this update
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Jimmy Lai, former pro-democracy newspaper founder, to hear verdict in national security case
A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict in the national security case of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai on Monday. Lai faces up to life in prison if convicted. The ruling is closely watched by foreign governments and political observers as a test of judicial independence and med…
By Jessie Yeung, Kristie Lu Stout, Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s …
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court.
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on charges of colluding with foreign forces and sedition under a Beijing-imposed national security law. The conviction means he could spend life in prison.
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial on Monday, convictions that rights groups denounced as the death knell
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday.
The conviction of Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of China's leadership, on national security charges will have "a further chilling effect" on media freedom in Hong Kong, warn experts.
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his guilty verdict.
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty Monday on three national security charges, a conviction rights groups denounced as a death knell for press freedoms in the
A Hong Kong court convicted pro-democracy former media mogul Jimmy Lai of conspiracies to commit sedition and collusion with foreign forces in a case that marks how much the semi-autonomous Chinese city has changed since Beijing began a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent five years ago.
Lai, 78, was convicted of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial. He faces a possible life sentence.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on charges of conspiracy after a lengthy trial widely viewed as a sham. Lai has been in detention for over five years already, during which time his health has drastically declined. He now awaits sentencing.
