US EditionCPJ Urges Hong Kong to Free Jimmy Lai as Trial Near Its End - Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders demands Jimmy Lai's release citing his declining health after nearly six years in prison under Hong Kong's national security law for sedition and collusion charges.
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Started in December 2023, the trial of Hong Kong press magnate and pro-democracy activist resumes on Thursday 14 August with final arguments. Harassed and imprisoned for nearly five years by China, he faces life imprisonment.
CPJ urges Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai as trial near its end - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 13, 2025—As closing arguments are set to begin on August 14 in the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against the 77-year-old publisher and release him immediately and unconditionally. Lai, whose health has worsened after spending nearly five years in solitary confinement in a maximum-sec…
Since his arrest in December 2020, Lai has been in solitary confinement, limited to just 50 minutes of “exercise” a day, with almost no access to natural light.
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