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Labour must help release Briton Jimmy Lai jailed in China amid fears he could die in prison, son says

Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated after being locked up for years

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai: son of detained media tycoon urges Hong Kong’s foreign judges to reconsider staying

Sebastien Lai tells Australian audience the idea that rule of law remains in Hong Kong amid imprisonment of pro-democracy protesters ‘is not true at all’

The Guardian - AU

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’

Jimmy Lai, 76, a life-long critic of Beijing, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated

The Independent UK

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Dissident Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai’s son condemns father’s ‘show trial’

Sebastien Lai urges UK to keep up pressure after public intervention from Foreign Secretary

Evening Standard

Jimmy Lai’s son slams 'sham trial' as British media tycoon hauled before Hong Kong judges

Sebastien Lai urges UK to keep up pressure after public intervention from Foreign Secretary

Evening Standard

David Cameron calls on Hong Kong to release UK citizen Jimmy Lai as trial begins

Supporters camp outside court in Hong Kong as Jimmy Lai’s landmark trial begins

The Independent UK

World watches as landmark Jimmy Lai trial set to begin in Hong Kong

Territory’s global reputation on the line as media mogul and democracy activist finally tried over alleged national security crimes

The Guardian - UK

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Hong Kong's activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents

The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start this week after being delayed for over a year

The Independent UK

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law

The 76-year-old media mogul faces up to life imprisonment for alleged ‘sedition’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’.

Al Jazeera

Tory minister takes brutal swipe at David Cameron over China

Tom Tugendhat appears to mock foreign secretary for hailing ‘golden era’ in relations with Beijing

The Independent UK

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will meet with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.'s help in securing his release from prison

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son urges David Cameron to demand release of media tycoon: ‘Stand by my father’s side’

Jimmy Lai’s son calls for UK intervention ahead of father’s trial

The Independent UK

David Cameron urged to tell China to free Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai

Newspaper tycoon’s son seeks meeting with foreign secretary as Briton, 76, faces trial and possible life sentence

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free British citizen jailed by China ‘to avoid damaging relations’

Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai has been detained in China since 2020 and while foreign secretary James Cleverly says he raised the issue in Beijing, it is not clear how

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong mogul, activist ... and now a prisoner for 1,000 days

He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai’s plight tells of a city forced to live in the shadow of Xi’s authoritarian China

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai's son fears media mogul may die in detention while awaiting trial

The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai says he doesn't want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely

The Independent UK

Son of British media tycoon tells Cleverly to rescue father from Chinese jail: ‘British values are on trial’

James Cleverly met China’s Vice President today in first visit by a UK foreign secretary to China in five years

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Sebastien Lai on father Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong ‘show trial’

The media tycoon has been in jail for three years awaiting trial under the territory’s national security law.

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The Independent UK

AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai

The Associated Press got a rare glimpse of jailed publisher and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

The Independent UK

Biden and Sunak to focus on Ukraine and economic security in British PM's first White House visit

President Joe Biden is welcoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for wide-ranging talks on Thursday as the British leader makes his first White House visit as premier

The Guardian - UK

UN experts express ‘grave concern’ over detention of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong

Communication sent to Beijing government says media mogul’s prosecutions relate to his criticism of China

The Independent UK

The Independent backs calls for jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be released

Editor-in-Chief Geordie Greig supports the ‘fight for press freedom in Hong Kong’

The Independent UK

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s son criticises UK for ‘failing to speak out’ against crackdown

Lai’s son says he is ‘incredibly grateful’ Americans have been ‘a lot stronger’ than UK government

Reuters

Son of jailed Hong Kong activist, U.S. congressman slam UK, Vatican over rights weakness

The British son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and a leading Catholic U.S. congressman criticized Britain and the Vatican on Wednesday for failing to speak out strongly against the crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory.

The Independent UK

Media mogul Jimmy Lai appeals to UN over Hong Kong cases

Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai are asking the United Nations to investigate his imprisonment and multiple criminal charges as “legal harassment” that punish him for speaking out

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