Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, sentenced to 20 years under Hong Kong's national security law, receives DW's Freedom of Speech Award for defending press freedom amid Beijing's crackdown.
During a summit, Donald Trump discussed the cases of Christian pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and media mogul Jimmy Lai with China's Xi Jinping. While Xi indicated consideration for the pastor's release, Lai's case was deemed 'tough.' Families expressed gratitude for Trump's support, but no further developments have been announced.
Donald Trump raised the case of jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who described it as a "tough one." Lai, a 78-year-old British citizen, was sentenced to 20 years under a security law.
US President Donald Trump expressed pessimism about the release of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai after discussing the case with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi described Lai's situation as 'tough,' while China's foreign ministry reiterated its stance that Lai was involved in destabilizing activities and that Hong Kong affairs are internal.
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat sich bei seinem China-Besuch vergeblich für die Freilassung des inhaftierten Hongkonger Verlegers Jimmy Lai eingesetzt. Trump zeigte sich nach eigenen Angaben "nicht sonderlich optimistisch" bezüglich Lais Fall und wich Fragen zu Taiwan aus.
US-Präsident Donald Trump setzte sich bei seinem China-Besuch für die Freilassung des inhaftierten Hongkonger Verlegers Jimmy Lai ein, blieb aber erfolglos. Trump äußerte sich pessimistisch bezüglich Lais Chancen. Auch bei Fragen zu Taiwan blieb Trump vage.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed its “firm support” for Hong Kong’s judicial authorities when asked whether Beijing would consider releasing jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying ahead of US President Donald Trump’s three-day state visit starting Wednesday. “[Jimmy] Lai Chee-ying is the principal mastermind and perpetrator behind the riots that shook Hong Kong,” ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing, when asked whether Beijing would consider Lai’s...
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed its “firm support” for Hong Kong’s judicial authorities when asked whether Beijing would consider releasing jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying ahead of US President Donald Trump’s three-day state visit starting Wednesday. “[Jimmy] Lai Chee-ying is the principal mastermind and perpetrator behind the riots that shook Hong Kong,” ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing, when asked whether Beijing would consider Lai’s...
Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.
Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Taiwan would be discussed in his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and pledged to raise the case of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying at their summit in Beijing this week. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the Chinese President would be more likely than he to bring up the Taiwan issue at their meeting on Thursday and Friday. “He’ll bring up Taiwan, I think, more than I will,” he said. Asked whether the US should...
Hong Kong government has condemned attempts by anti-China forces and foreign media to defend jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying after the city ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index. Authorities issued a strongly-worded statement slamming attempts to 'slander, smear and attack' the city, saying some media organisations had 'conflated the criminal acts in the Lai Chee-Ying case with freedom of the press'. Reporters Without Borders said a 'draconian national security law' had allowed authorities to imprison Lai, who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Hong Kong authorities have condemned attempts by anti-China forces and foreign media to sugarcoat the criminal acts of jailed former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, while defending the city’s press freedom after the release of a global index. Authorities issued a strongly-worded statement in the early hours of Friday, slamming the attempts to slander, smear and attack the city “by releasing a so-called press freedom index”, saying that “such despicable behaviours totally disregarded the rule of...
Hong Kong's justice secretary has applied to take control of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's assets, seeking to seize 62 personal and corporate bank accounts holding HK$56.5 million and shares in 17 companies. The application includes Next Digital, the parent company of defunct Apple Daily, in which Lai holds a 71.26% stake. Shares in two companies could be worth HK$71.4 million.
