Monday’s sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups.
Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday after national security conviction
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
2 Tiananmen vigil organizers plead not guilty in Hong Kong national security trial
Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown pleaded not guilty Thursday, while a third pleaded guilty before the trial brought under a national security law that has largely erased dissent in the city.
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 began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accuses of terminating her due to her union activities in a trial—a closely watched case that has raised concerns about press freedom in the city.
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong’s skyline, but a deadly fire may hasten its end
While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that enveloped the buildings at the time of the fire.
13 people killed in fire engulfing Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings, fire services say
A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, in the city’s worst blaze in years.
Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen vigil organizer’s bid to quash indictment
A Hong Kong court on Monday rejected a former Tiananmen vigil organizer’s attempt to quash her indictment, pressing ahead with a landmark case widely seen as part of a yearslong crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement.
Wong advances at US Open and becomes 1st man from Hong Kong to win Open era Grand Slam singles match
The historical significance was not lost on Coleman Wong, even at 21 years old.
Man admits trying to smuggle 850 protected turtles valued at $1.4 million to Hong Kong
A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labeled “plastic animal toys.”
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