The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai is raising concerns from international governments and rights groups.

A rally for global stock markets that began in Asia petered out by the time trading got to Wall Street. The S&P 500 slipped 0 ...

The Hong Kong High Court’s decision to sentence Jimmy Lai to 20 years is an unjust and tragic conclusion to this case,’ says ...

The media tycoon, a Chinese-born British citizen, had been a persistent critic of Beijing. The sentence is the harshest penalty so far under a national security law.

Both the Chinese Embassy in the UK and the Mission of China to the EU rejected the latest claims made by the British side and ...

British national Mr Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday under a security law imposed by China.

China critic and media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences, a penalty his son Sebastien called "heartbreaking." Lai was found guilty on ...

Jimmy Lai’s son has revealed that his father remained “stoic” and smiled as he was handed a 20 year term by a Hong Kong court, which has been described as a “death sentence”. On Monday (9 February), ...

At the center of the latest controversy is an email exchange from November 2010 appearing to show the royal sharing “visit reports” after a South East Asia trip.

A judge in Hong Kong has decided to keep pro-democracy activist and former media mogul Jimmy Lai in prison for 20 years. He ...