Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was ‌sentenced on ​Monday to 20 years in jail, the most severe punishment under ‌the city's national security law which Beijing imposed after sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon, has been jailed for 20 years for colluding with foreign forces under the city's controversial national security law. Rights groups called it a death sentence for the 78-year-old,

Hong Kong pro-democracy figure and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Beijing-imposed national security case.

The former pro-democracy newspaper publisher was sentenced for offences under the controversial national security law.

The 78-year-old, who has been jailed for 20 years, was a prominent advocate for democracy in the former British territory.

A Hong Kong court jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years after he was found guilty of national security offences in December.

A Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on Monday following his high-profile national security trial that rights groups and Western nations have

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced on Monday over national security crimes that could see him jailed for life, with some rights groups and Western nations