World Press Freedom Day: Free my father Jimmy Lai, who shared what China’s leaders wanted to keep silent
George Orwell once said that true freedom essentially means the right to convey ideas—even the uncomfortable ones. On World Reporter’s Freedom Day, we should reflect on those who sacrificed their liberty to uphold this principle. One such individual is Jimmy Lai, who currently resides in Hong Kong’s largest security prison. His only “crime”? Speaking out […]
The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law | China
tHe has diminished freedom in Hong Kong over the past few years.Death by a thousand cuts”. Critics were jailed, elections turned to “patriots only,” journalists were harassed, and hundreds of thousands left. This week, an obscure legal development gave another cut to a once-respected legal system, in the eyes of some legal experts. On March […]
Anti-Communist Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Defies China at Hong Kong Trial
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying faced a kangaroo court appointed by the Communist Party-controlled puppet government to prosecute him under a fascist “national security law” imposed by the Chinese government at a trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday. He took on a cheerful and rebellious attitude. Lai, 77, has already been imprisoned for about four […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to take witness stand in collusion trial | Jimmy Lai
Democratic media mogul Jimmy Lai has taken the witness stand for the first time since being indicted on foreign conspiracy charges under Hong Kong's punitive national security law. He told the court Wednesday that he started his media business after the Tiananmen massacre. “I thought it would be a good opportunity for someone like me, […]
China Holds Major Drills Around Taiwan as ‘Warning’ to President Lai
China's Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force conducted large-scale joint military exercises around Taiwan on Monday. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) said these coercive drills were aimed at “a stern warning against the secessionist actions of 'Taiwan independence' forces.” To emphasize this point, the exercise was named “Joint Sword-2024B” by the Chinese military. Joint […]
Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten | Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong’s former governor, Chris Patten, has denounced as “unjust” the city’s highest court’s decision to uphold the convictions of Jimmy Lai and other prominent pro-democracy activists for taking part in peaceful protests in 2019. Hong Kong’s appeals court on Monday unanimously agreed to uphold the convictions of seven activists who took part in unauthorized […]
Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai appeal against conviction over 2019 pro-democracy protest | Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s highest court on Monday unanimously rejected a petition to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activists for holding an unauthorised assembly in 2019. Lai, 76, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others, including veteran democracy activist Martin Li, were convicted in August 2019 of […]
William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died
William Rose Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern U.S. military history, has died. He was 80 years old. According to Florida death records, Carey died on April 28 and was living in an […]
Beijing Seethes as Taiwan Inaugurates President William Lai Ching-te
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-de, better known by his Western name William Lai, gave his inaugural address on Monday morning. Lai called on the People’s Republic of China to end “political and military threats against Taiwan” and “free the world from the fear of war.” Lai won. sure victory Although he won elections in January against […]
Anti-Communist Lai Ching-te Wins Taiwan Presidential Election, Disappointing China
Anti-communist Democratic Progressive Party (DP) candidate Lai Ching-toku won Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday, defeating two left-wing rivals in a campaign that emphasized Taiwan's sovereignty in the face of growing threats from China. Mr. Lai, sometimes known by his Western name William Lai, is the current vice president and the first candidate in Taiwan's democracy's […]