A British judge has upheld the conviction against pro-democracy newspaper tycoon – and UK citizen – Jimmy Lai in China, despite being a trustee of a charity dedicated to helping people jailed ...

Last October, the High Court approved allowing Owen to defend Lai, the founder of the now ... application for a work visa submitted by the British barrister. Lai then initiated two legal ...

Mr Lai's son Sebastien tells ... the relationship if they still have a British national that's imprisoned for standing up for freedoms". The son of Jimmy Lai, the tycoon and pro-democracy activist ...

Not surprisingly, over 190,000 Hong Kongers have applied for the UK’s British National Overseas ... this week with the trial of my friend Jimmy Lai, the 76 year-old Hong Kong entrepreneur ...

Trial judges have allowed Robert Pang SC, who leads a team of six barristers representing Lai ... giving evidence against his former boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying before the Hong Kong media mogul's ...

“I am particularly concerned at the politically motivated prosecution of British national Jimmy Lai. As a prominent and outspoken journalist and publisher, he has been targeted in a clear ...

Securing the release of pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai from a Hong Kong prison is a "priority" for the ...

Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong's most high-profile ... Last year, a decision to hire a British barrister, Timothy Owen, was also blocked under Beijing's intervention. However, Hong Kong authorities ...

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says he met Jimmy Lai's son to 'listen to his concerns for his father' Embassy says it firmly opposes British politicians' emboldening of Lai, describing ...

Martin Lee, barrister Margaret Ng and veteran pro-democracy politician Albert Ho were handed suspended sentences. Meanwhile, Lai is facing ... protests in the former British colony.