Former Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai dared for years to demand free speech from China's government. 3 years after his arrest, he's facing a possible life sentence.

The Hong Kong authorities should drop the baseless charges against Jimmy Lai, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and release him from prison.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed authorities have been accused of staging a show trial “worthy of Stalin,” as Catholic entrepreneur Jimmy Lai went on trial Monday on charges of ...

That era, including the decades in which Mr. Lai rose from poverty to wealth, was one in which Hong Kong stood as a beacon of free speech, free enterprise and rule of law.

The prosecution contends that Mr Lai used Apple Daily to “pollute the minds” of its readers with seditious material designed to undermine the authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai told a Hong Kong court that he entered the media business after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a bid to "participate in delivering freedom." "The more you ...

A Hong Kong activist reportedly backed by media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying considered setting up a government-in-exile to boost efforts to attract international sanctions against the city and ...

A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers gathered Sept. 18 to call for the immediate release from prison of prominent Hong Kong Catholic, philanthropist and media mogul Jimmy Lai, who is facing ...

Jimmy Lai during an interview in Hong Kong in July of 2020. (Vincent Yu/AP) Sept. 26 marks the 1,000th day that Hong Kong businessman, journalist and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has spent in ...

Hong Kong’s top leader on Tuesday warned President-elect Donald Trump not to interfere in the Chinese territory’s internal affairs after he said he would “100%” free the imprisoned pro ...

Lawmakers expressed concern about 76-year-old Jimmy Lai's incarceration. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The son of Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon jailed in Hong Kong, said on Wednesday it was in the interest of the former British colony to release his father and not let him die in jail.