Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's court case a 'show trial'

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's court case a 'show trial': son
The son of the Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai said Tuesday that his father's trial in the Chinese territory was a "sham" but that he was "proud" of how he was handling himself in court.Last week,
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies asking protesters to connect with ‘international front’
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying enters his sixth day of his testimony on Thursday at West Kowloon Court as the judges look at his meetings with one of the prosecution witnesses in relation to his national security law charges.
Jimmy Lai: What to know about national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, 76, testified in court for the first time on Wednesday in his landmark national security trial, accused of endangering China's national security by colluding with foreign forces.
‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong
As pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces a potential life sentence in the high-stakes national security case in Hong Kong, his son Sebastien Lai has denounced the proceedings as a politically motivated “show trial” driven by a China-led crackdown on dissent.
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai admits to lobbying for international support
Ex-mogul also says at national security trial that belief sanctions could topple Communist Party is ‘more than ridiculous’.
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Jimmy Lai’s Absurd Trial
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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.
‘They have not broken him’: Son of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai on his father’s imprisonment
Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai took the stand in his own defense this week in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. His son, Sebastien Lai, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his father’s work and the state of democracy in Hong Kong.
Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for 1st time in landmark trial, denies using US connections
Pro-democracy activist and media mogul Jimmy Lai took the stand Wednesday in his national security trial in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn’t ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city
Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is fighting charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to issue seditious publications.
Who is Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon facing a life sentence in a national security trial?
Lai has been accused of sedition and foreign collusion. He has been held in solitary confinement since December 2020.
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European Parliament calls for release of Jimmy Lai and other detained Hong Kong journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes a resolution adopted by the European Parliament that denounces the deterioration of ...
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HK tycoon Jimmy Lai tells court he advocated 'peaceful resistance'
Lai has been giving evidence for three days in his trial for collusion with foreign forces, an offense carrying up to life ...