Hong Kong appeals court overturns Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction
Surprise ruling comes weeks after the media mogul was convicted and jailed for 20 years on national security charges.
Surprise ruling comes weeks after the media mogul was convicted and jailed for 20 years on national security charges.
Verdict in Lai’s national security trial is being closely watched as a test of Hong Kong’s rule of law.
Hong Kong activist Tony Chung and ex-lawmaker Ted Hui have been granted asylum in the UK and Australia.
Closing arguments are due to begin in the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, 77, a critic of China’s Communist Party.
Hong Kong’s national security police announces arrest warrants for 19 pro-democracy activists mostly living in UK.
The UK Home Office says the move will prevent criminals from ‘evading justice’; critics say it legitimizes oppression.
Founded in 2006, LSD was the latest pro-democracy party to hold street protests amid national security crackdown.
A different court previously cleared Jackie Chen of rioting after she said she attended protests to call for restraint.
Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s ‘Apple Daily,’ testified Wednesday in his national security trial
Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison.
The Hong Kong 47 were first arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial elections that authorities likened to a ‘coup’.
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