The Hong Kong media tycoon received the harshest penalty under the city's National Security Law. Critics say the ruling marks another low point for the nation's shrinking press freedoms.

The Charles F. Kettering Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2026 Kettering Democracy Prize: the people of the Twin Cities and Hong Kong political prisoner and free speech advocate Jimmy Lai.

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The Hong Kong government has formally closed an investigation into jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital, the parent company of the defunct newspaper Apple Daily, as the firm undergoes liquidation.

Bishop James Curry, auxiliary of Westminster and Lead Bishop for Freedom of Religion or Belief at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has written to PM Andy Burnham.

Jimmy Lai is one of the most prominent figures to be sentenced under a China-imposed National Security Law that has silenced dissent in Hong Kong.