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Jimmy Lai’s son pins hopes on Trump to rescue jailed media tycoon during Xi visit

Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February on contested charges amid a wider crackdown on dissent

The Independent UK

Trump to raise Taiwan arms sales, jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai case with Xi in Beijing

US President Donald Trump will discuss arms sales to Taiwan and the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump expressed confidence that tensions over Taiwan would not escalate during his presidency. China reiterated its consistent stance against US arms sales to Taiwan.

The Economic Times

China remains the biggest jailer of writers worldwide, report finds

Report finds Iran witnessed sharpest increase in arrest of writers last year

The Independent UK

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Tehran threatens to accelerate nuclear weapon programme after Trump rejects ‘garbage’ peace proposal response

Iran has said the US demands to end the war are unacceptable, with diplomatic efforts reaching a deadlock

The Independent UK

Donald Trump says Pope Leo XIV is fine with Iran going nuclear. Clearly someone doesn’t apply brains to his lies

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Jimmy Lai case set to be raised during Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping

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The Independent UK

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

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Trump reignites Pope feud accusing pontiff of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’

President Trump claimed that the Pope thinks ‘it’s just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon’

The Independent UK

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

Bulletin world briefing: Hong Kong to seize $16m in assets from jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong to seize millions in assets from jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai

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The Independent UK

Taiwanese president forced to cancel visit to African ally after ‘pressure campaign’ from China

Lai Ching-te was set to fly through the airspace of Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar to visit Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in Africa

The Independent UK

Hong Kong government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai

The government also announced that it had applied to seize the properties linked to Lai

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong bookstore owner and staff arrested for selling Jimmy Lai’s biography

Biographer says ‘cruel irony’ that selling a biography of a man who is in jail for his activities as a journalist would lead to sedition charges

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong bookstore staff arrested for allegedly selling ‘seditious’ Jimmy Lai biography, broadcaster reports

Owner of Book Punch store and three staff accused of selling copies of a biography of Jimmy Lai, a jailed pro-democracy activist and publisher

The Independent UK

Yahoo Hong Kong to wind down news operations in latest blow to city’s media

Yahoo Hong Kong has framed the decision as a commercial one, denying it is liked to political climate

Evening Standard

Family received ‘very distressing news’ about Jimmy Lai’s health, son says

The Hong Kong democracy campaigner and British citizen was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month under a security law imposed by China.

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s legal team confirms he will not appeal 20-year sentence

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Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction and 20-year sentence, lawyer says

Last month, the pro-democracy activist and media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail under Hong Kong’s national security law

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release

Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist party

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong

Letter: Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to an editorial

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

Father of exiled Hong Kong activist sentenced to 8 months in jail in insurance case

Daughter calls Kwok Yin Sang’s conviction ‘transnational repression’

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