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Hong Kong court jails media tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democracy firebrand standing up to China

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, the most severe punishment under the city's national security law which Beijing imposed after sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.

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Rubio blasts China over 'unjust and tragic' 20-year sentence for Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai

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The Soapbox: Labor protests in Argentina, media mogul sentenced in Hong Kong and canceled rail strike in Spain

In Argentina, protests erupt amid the passage of labor reform Protests erupted outside Argentina’s Congress on Wednesday while lawmakers debated major reforms to the country’s labor laws. ...

Father of U.S.-based Hong Kong activist convicted under national security law

The father of a U.S.-based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities was convicted of attempting to deal with an absconder's ...

Hong Kong High Court sentences anti-China riots agitator Jimmy Lai 20 years in prison; ruling demonstrates dignity of rule of law in HK, legal expert says

File photo of Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong Photo: VCG "Jimmy Lai is a Chinese national," said ...

Hong Kong Convicts a Political Exile’s Father, a First for the City

In her first interview about her father, the exiled Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok said the authorities were targeting her family to try to silence her.

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