Hong Kong police arrest journalist and activist for sedition over 2019 protest anniversary gathering They could face up to seven years in prison if convicted The Independent UK · Oct 1
Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher of deterring reporter from taking union role A Hong Kong court has convicted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal of deterring its reporter from taking up a trade union role The Independent UK · Sep 10
Former leader of Hong Kong journalist group sent to prison for obstructing police A prominent Hong Kong journalist has begun serving a five-day prison sentence after losing an appeal for obstructing a police officer AAP · May 29
Former leader of Hong Kong journalist group sent to prison after obstruction conviction A Hong Kong journalist has begun serving a five-day prison sentence after losing an appeal against his conviction for obstructing a police officer The Independent UK · May 29
Trump says he will raise Jimmy Lai case with Xi Jinping at Beijing summit Interviewer calls on Trump to bring Lai back to the US with him The Independent UK · May 5
Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins free speech award in Germany Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security law The Guardian - UK · Apr 30
Hong Kong bookstore staff reportedly arrested for selling Jimmy Lai's biography A Hong Kong bookstore owner and his staff have been reportedly arrested on suspicion of selling seditious publications, including a biography of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai The Independent UK · Mar 25
Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says The legal team for Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says he will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison The Independent UK · Mar 6
Twenty-year sentence for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is a further blow for journalists feeling the heat of Beijing’s crackdown on press freedom The sentencing of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on February 8 on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign forces prompted international outrage. The Conversation · Feb 27
Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts The Guardian - UK · Feb 10
20 years for a China critic: Former media tycoon’s jailing signals the end of an era for Hong Kong’s press Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent. Newslaundry · Feb 10
Jimmy Lai jailed: Pro-democracy media tycoon's family blast 'devastating' 20-year prison sentence in Hong Kong Jimmy Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, said from outside Hong Kong that the sentence ‘is devastating for our family and life-threatening for my father’ Evening Standard · Feb 9
Jimmy Lai's evolution from Hong Kong media magnate to activist in photos Prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was a child stowaway from mainland China who rose to become Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate. Unlike other rags-to-riches tycoons who cultivated ties with Beijing, he chose to become its fierce critic. The Independent UK · Feb 9
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison Family of media tycoon say he will ‘die a martyr behind bars’ amid widespread criticism from press freedom groups The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
The Independent UK · Feb 9 Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai faces sentencing in national security case Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced Monday for his conviction on charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces under a China-imposed national security law
The Independent UK · Feb 8 What to know about Jimmy Lai's Hong Kong journey from media mogul and activist to convict The former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has become what observers say is a symbol of the 2020 crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong
The Independent UK · Feb 8 Jimmy Lai trial latest: 20-year jail term for Hong Kong media mogul condemned as ‘effectively a death sentence’ Briton’s punishment after national security trial has been decried as 'effectively a death sentence'
The Independent UK · Feb 8 ‘It’s a travesty’: Calls to free frail Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai from jail before it’s too late Exclusive: Pro-democracy media tycoon’s son warns ‘this is not justice, it is political persecution... for speaking truth to power’ as his father waits to learn his fate
The Independent UK · Feb 6 Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to learn fate in national security case The pro-democracy former media tycoonwill be sentenced next week following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law
The Independent UK · Jan 29 Inside the Hong Kong newsrooms stifled by fear after Jimmy Lai’s conviction After Keir Starmer failed to secure Jimmy Lai’s release during his visit to China, journalists in Hong Kong tell Shweta Sharma how the British media mogul’s conviction has all but declawed the city’s press
The Independent UK · Jan 13 Former Apple Daily staff plead for lighter sentences in landmark Hong Kong national security case Former executives of a defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper are pleading for lighter sentences under a national security law
The Independent UK · Jan 12 Jimmy Lai sentencing hearing begins in Hong Kong after people queue for days to show their support Concerns have been raised over the British media tycoon’s health, as he suffers from hypertension and diabetes in prison
The Independent UK · Jan 12 Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape Hong Kong's once freewheeling press scene Hong Kong's press freedom has dramatically declined over some 20 years, falling from 18th to 140th in a global press freedom index
The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025 WSJ's parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union role A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal has begun testifying against the newspaper which she alleges had terminated her due to her union activities in a trial Monday
Radio France Internationale · Dec 21, 2025 ‘I hope France speaks out’ son of jailed Hong Kong media icon tells RFI Human rights groups and governments around the world have condemned the conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial this week. RFI spoke to his son Sebastien Lai, who called on France and other democracies to…