https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/08/even-with-handcuffs-i-feel-at-peace-pro-democracy-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-says-apple-daily-wont-change-but-no-more-protest-activism/
Jan 3, 2024 - Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai says he is prepared to sacrifice anything for Hong Kong and his embattled newspaper Apple Daily will keep speaking out...
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https://www.manager-magazin.de/politik/weltwirtschaft/jimmy-lai-hongkonger-medienmogul-schuldig-gesprochen-lebenslange-haft-droht-a-057d6c98-4524-453a-93c5-000439c29c3b
Dec 15, 2025 - Dem Milliardär und Zeitungsgründer Jimmy Lai droht lebenslange Haft. Er gilt als eine der prominentesten Figuren der Demokratiebewegung in Hongkong und wurde...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/beijing-hong-kong-officials-praise-jimmy-lais-guilty-verdict-press-freedom-ngos-slam-nat-security-ruling/
Dec 15, 2025 - Beijing and Hong Kong officials have welcomed the guilty verdict in media mogul Jimmy Lai's national security case, while press freedom watchdogs have...
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https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/profile-pro-democracy-tycoon-jimmy-lai/
Dec 15, 2025 - Lai used his fortune to bankroll Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement while his tabloid newspaper, Apple Daily, backed liberal causes and never shied away...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/22/palestine-protest-arrests-in-us-uk-show-free-expression-limited-in-all-countries-judge-says-in-jimmy-lai-trial/
Aug 22, 2025 - The arrests of pro-Palestine protesters in the US and UK demonstrate that freedom of expression is not absolute “in all countries,” a judge in jailed...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/27/jimmy-lais-lawyer-tells-nat-sec-trial-judges-prosecution-witness-who-testified-against-mogul-is-a-serial-liar/
Aug 27, 2025 - Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai's lawyer has urged judges to reconsider the testimony of an activist who pleaded guilty in the case and testified for...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/03/01/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-was-sympathetic-towards-frontline-valiant-protesters-in-2019-court-hears/
Mar 4, 2024 - Chan Pui-man, an ex-publisher of Apple Daily, testified that Jimmy Lai became sympathetic towards “non-peaceful means” during the 2019 demos.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/28/hong-kong-court-to-hand-down-jimmy-lais-national-security-case-verdict-in-good-time/
Aug 29, 2025 - The high-profile national security trial of media tycoon Jimmy Lai will reach a verdict "in good time," a judge has said, after the prosecution and...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/06/apple-dailys-jimmy-lai-says-he-halted-calls-for-foreign-sanctions-on-hong-kong-after-2020-security-law-enacted/
Dec 6, 2024 - Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has said he ceased to call for foreign sanctions to be imposed on Hong Kong after the 2020 security law was enacted.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/02/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-to-national-security-sedition-charges/
Mar 4, 2024 - Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has formally pleaded not guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign forces and sedition.
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https://spectator.com/podcast/why-is-the-west-ignoring-jimmy-lai/?edition=us
Dec 22, 2025 - Father Robert Sirico joins Freddy Gray to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai – the British passport holder and Hong Kong media tycoon facing life in jail...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/12/breaking-jimmy-lai-among-7-hong-kong-pro-democracy-figures-to-lose-appeal-against-conviction-over-taking-part-in-2019-demo/
Aug 12, 2024 - Hong Kong's top court has unanimously rejected a bid by seven veteran democrats to have their convictions over an unauthorised assembly in 2019 thrown out.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/hong-kong-govt-hits-out-at-news-agency-afp-says-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-being-cared-for-in-prison/
Dec 4, 2025 - Hong Kong authorities have hit out at news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) over an article about pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, currently detained as...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/10/justice-chief-says-100-confident-in-handling-jimmy-lai-case-in-hong-kong-amid-suggestions-of-mainland-transfer/
Mar 4, 2024 - Justice Secretary Paul Lam has said he is “100 per cent confident” that Hong Kong can handle the national security case against media tycoon Jimmy...
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-01-13/Inside-Jimmy-Lai-s-sentence-hearing-What-he-sowed-he-now-reaps-1JSx12Jydr2/p.html
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/16/jimmy-lai-verdict-govt-slams-journalist-union-for-whitewashing-media-tycoon-as-foreign-press-club-silent/
Dec 18, 2025 - The Hong Kong government has condemned a local press union as "whitewashing" media mogul Jimmy Lai in a now-removed statement.
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https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/16/jimmy-lais-criminal-conviction-is-what-democracy-dying-in-darkness-actually-looks-like/
Dec 15, 2025 - More than anything, Jimmy Lai's imprisonment and impending sentencing puts to shame dress-up journalists in our own country.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/jimmy-lai-trial-over-five-years-since-arrest-media-mogul-hears-verdict-in-nat-security-case/
Dec 15, 2025 - Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai will hear the verdict in his closely watched national security case on Monday morning.
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https://mixmag.asia/read/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-convicted-to-life-in-prison-local
The sentencing of the Apple Daily founder has intensified global concern over press freedom & political dissent
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https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/16/jimmy-lai-the-hong-kong-media-tycoon-that-china-loathes/
Nov 23, 2022 - by Jerome Taylor A rags-to-riches millionaire, media tycoon Jimmy Lai is a self-styled “troublemaker” who has long been a thorn in Beijing’s...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2023/09/27/calls-for-release-of-jimmy-lai-on-media-moguls-1000th-day-in-custody-slanderous-hong-kong-govt-says/
Mar 4, 2024 - Hong Kong has condemned remarks made by overseas groups as slander, after they called for the release of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai on his 1,000th day...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/31/breaking-hong-kong-top-court-accepts-govt-bid-to-challenge-bail-for-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-remanded-in-custody/
Nov 23, 2022 - Hong Kong’s top court has approved a leave for an appeal against the decision to extend bail to pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai. He remains...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2021/12/13/breaking-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-and-7-other-hong-kong-democrats-jailed-over-banned-tiananmen-massacre-vigil/
Nov 23, 2022 - A Hong Kong court has sentenced eight democrats to jail for organising, taking part in, or inciting others to participate in last year’s banned Tiananmen...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/15/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-convicted-on-bogus-national-security-charges
The Hong Kong High Court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, is the latest marker of Hong Kong’s dramatic shift from...
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202512/1350633.shtml
Any schemes attempting to hinder China's development or undermine Hong Kong's prosperity through judicial interference will ultimately be doomed to fail.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-summon-uk-us-jimmy-lai-trial-b2889362.html
Dec 23, 2025 - Beijing summons envoys from both UK and US in response to widespread international condemnation of Lai verdict
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/breaking-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-found-guilty-under-national-security-law/
Dec 25, 2025 - Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of collusion and sedition in his national security trial.
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https://penmelbourne.org/jimmy-lai-to-receive-pen-canada-one-humanity-award/
Oct 20, 2024 - Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary
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https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/01/media-tycoon-jimmy-lais-trial-adjourned-to-dec-13-hong-kong-immigration-withholds-visa-extension-for-his-lawyer/
Dec 1, 2022 - The closely watched national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been adjourned on its scheduled starting date on Thursday until...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/17/hong-kong-court-rejects-jailed-media-tycoons-bid-to-file-new-evidence-in-libel-suit-against-beijing-backed-paper/
Nov 17, 2025 - A Hong Kong judge has rejected jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bid to submit 101 new pieces of evidence in a libel lawsuit against Beijing-backed newspaper...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/25/newspaper-publisher-should-enjoy-greater-latitude-of-freedom-of-expression-jimmy-lais-lawyer-tells-court/
Aug 25, 2025 - A newspaper publisher should enjoy a “greater latitude” of freedom of expression as guaranteed by the constitutional right of press freedom, a lawyer for...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/28/breaking-hong-kong-asks-beijing-to-intervene-after-top-court-blocks-bid-to-stop-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-from-hiring-uk-lawyer/
Nov 29, 2022 - Beijing will be invited to determine whether overseas counsels are allowed to take part in national security trials in Hong Kong, Chief Executive John Lee said...
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https://reason.com/2025/12/19/jimmy-lai-is-a-martyr-for-freedom/
Dec 20, 2025 - The self-made tycoon was convicted this week of violating Hong Kong's "national security" law. But he could have escaped it.
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https://epochtimes.nl/een-bespotting-van-het-recht-veroordeling-van-hongkongse-mediamagnaat-jimmy-lai-leidt-tot-wereldwijde-afkeuring/
Dec 23, 2025 - De veroordeling van de voormalige Hongkongse mediamagnaat Jimmy Lai op grond van een door het Chinese communistische regime opgestelde nationale...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/beijing-slams-us-politicians-urging-trump-to-seek-release-of-jailed-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai/
Oct 27, 2025 - Beijing’s foreign ministry in HK has slammed US politicians for urging President Donald Trump to push for the release of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai ahead...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/19/jimmy-lais-nat-security-trial-judges-question-whether-articles-in-pro-democracy-apple-daily-seditious/
Aug 19, 2025 - Handpicked judges presiding over media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s trial have questioned whether content in his pro-democracy paper amounted to "seditious...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/15/ngo-reporters-without-borders-rejects-anti-china-tag-expresses-concern-for-health-of-jailed-tycoon-jimmy-lai/
Aug 15, 2025 - Press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders has hit back at accusations of being “anti-China” by Beijing-backed media outlets and a pro-establishment press...
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3338223/taiwan-arms-missing-chinese-boy-trumps-jimmy-lai-appeal-7-us-china-relations-reads?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection
Jan 1, 2026 - From, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in November 2025.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/24/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-wanted-english-edition-of-apple-daily-to-be-more-anti-china-ex-publisher-says/
Mar 4, 2024 - Cheung Kim-hung told the court that the English-language edition of Apple Daily was an attempt to stoke anti-China sentiment in the US.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/15/in-full-the-855-page-guilty-verdict-against-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai/
Dec 18, 2025 - The full verdict: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of collusion and sedition in his national security trial.
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-12-15/Jimmy-Lai-mastermind-behind-Hong-Kong-s-2019-riots-1J7GcXN9Kh2/p.html
Figures like Lai, cloaked in the guise of "press freedom" and under the banner of "democracy," in fact engage in subversion and acts that...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/16/trump-says-has-asked-chinas-xi-to-release-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai/
Dec 16, 2025 - US President Donald Trump said Monday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul's...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/13/breaking-national-security-trial-against-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-adjourned-until-september-2023/
Dec 14, 2022 - The national security trial against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai has been adjourned until September 25, 2023. The trial is estimated to last 40 days and is...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/18/national-security-trial-of-hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-to-be-delayed-again-to-december/
Mar 4, 2024 - A Hong Kong court has suggested postponing the high-profile trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai once again to December, when one of the handpicked...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/15/jimmy-lai-trial-closing-arguments-further-postponed-due-medical-issue-with-media-moguls-heart/
Dec 4, 2025 - The closing arguments of Jimmy Lai's national security trial have been further postponed over a "medical issue" relating to the media...
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https://epochtimes.nl/hongkongse-pro-democratieactivist-jimmy-lai-veroordeeld-tot-20-jaar-gevangenisstraf/
Feb 10, 2026 - Jimmy Lai, voormalig mediamagnaat uit Hongkong en uitgesproken criticus van het communistische regime in China, is veroordeeld tot 20 jaar gevangenisstraf in…
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/16/jailed-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-surprised-that-election-officers-were-not-on-us-sanctions-list-court-hears/
Dec 16, 2024 - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai told his national security trial that he was "surprised" local electoral officers had not been hit with US sanctions.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/23/chinas-foreign-affairs-ministry-in-hong-kong-summons-uk-us-representatives-over-remarks-on-jimmy-lai-conviction/
Dec 23, 2025 - China's foreign affairs ministry in Hong Kong has summoned the representatives of the US and the UK consulates general following "interfering"...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2024/03/27/jimmy-lai-trial-sanctions-among-immature-ideas-activist-andy-li-floated-court-hears/
Apr 9, 2024 - Andy Li, the co-founder of an activist group, continued to testify against the 76-year-old tycoon on Wednesday.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/18/national-security-trial-against-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-begins-amid-heavy-police-presence/
Mar 4, 2024 - HKFP’s on-the-ground reporting is also appearing in The Guardian. Around a hundred people, many wrapped up warm to keep wintry temperatures at bay,...
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https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3338338/jimmy-lai-verdict-and-panama-port-saga-what-shaped-hong-kongs-2025-political-scene?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection
Dec 31, 2025 - The Post rounds up major political events that made 2025 a significant year for the city.
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https://www.epochtimes.cz/2026/01/16/hongkongsky-model-jedna-zeme-dva-systemy-nezradil-jimmy-lai-porusil-ho-peking/
Případ Jimmyho Laie ukazuje, jak rozbití právního státu v Hongkongu podkopalo důvěru investorů a změnilo město v rizikové prostředí natrvalo.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/17/national-security-hong-kong-paralegal-charged-with-conspiring-with-jimmy-lai-to-collude-with-foreign-forces/
Nov 23, 2022 - A 29-year-old man was charged on Wednesday with conspiring to collude with foreign forces, a violation of Hong Kong’s national security law punishable by...
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https://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/pen-writes/penwrites-jimmy-lai/
Oct 15, 2025 - Send a message of solidarity to imprisoned writer and activist Jimmy Lai.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/19/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-again-refused-bail-over-alleged-national-security-law-violations/
Nov 23, 2022 - Hong Kong’s High Court has refused to grant bail to media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been in custody since early December over alleged violations of the...
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https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/16/jimmy-lai-to-face-endless-imprisonment-all-but-two-govt-bureaus-hail-tycoons-nat-security-conviction/
Dec 16, 2025 - Hong Kong’s policy bureaus have rallied behind the High Court’s verdict against Apple Daily tycoon Jimmy Lai under the city’s Beijing-imposed national...
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https://rsf.org/fr/1-800-jours-derri%C3%A8re-les-barreaux-les-d%C3%A9mocraties-ne-peuvent-laisser-jimmy-lai-mourir-en-prison
Jimmy Lai, fondateur du quotidien désormais fermé Apple Daily, est détenu depuis 1 800 jours à l’isolement à Hong Kong, période durant laquelle sa...
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https://epochtimes.nl/tragische-onrechtvaardigheid-vonnis-tegen-hongkongse-mediamagnaat-jimmy-lai-leidt-tot-wereldwijde-veroordeling/
Feb 15, 2026 - De zware straf die een rechtbank in Hongkong heeft opgelegd aan voormalig mediamagnaat Jimmy Lai op grond van een door Peking opgelegde nationale...
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr57nvrjrlno
Dec 31, 2025 - The daughter of Jimmy Lai tells the BBC that her father's health is deteriorating in prison.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/10/breaking-pro-democracy-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-arrested-under-hong-kong-security-law-sources/
Aug 10, 2020 - Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, one of the city’s most vocal Beijing critics, was arrested Monday under a new national security law for colluding with...
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