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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Italy backs calls for release of imprisoned media mogul Jimmy Lai

Italy has joined the US and the UK in demanding the release of Briton Jimmy Lai, who has been jailed in a Hong Kong prison for the past five years.

Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered newspaper Apple Daily, is awaiting a verdict on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign powers under Hong Kong’s draconian national security law.

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