The landmark national security trial of prominent Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai resumes Wednesday, with the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily expected to testify in his defense soon. Lai was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on mass pro-democracy protests that rocked Hong Kong starting in 2019.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai , who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is about to wear a face mask before entering a court in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020. Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong , Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai , who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is about to wear a face mask before entering a court in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020.
Authorities have used a Beijing-imposed national security law to prosecute many of the city’s leading activists, including Lai andon Tuesday. Other pro-democracy figures were forced into self-exile or silenced. Dozens of civil society groups have disbanded under the threat of the law.Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s sentencing of 45 activists.
“I haven’t seen him for a few months. I know he will testify himself, so I want to encourage him,” he said.
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