Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper

A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law enacted…

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