A Hong Kong court rejected jailed publisher Jimmy Lai ’s request to have ... to block him from hiring veteran British lawyer Timothy Owen. Lai will testify in court in his defense for that ...

International legal team representing former media tycoon appealed to UN earlier this month about Lai’s living conditions in prison.

Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct ... The city’s High Court earlier upheld a government decision to bar the lawyer, Timothy Owen, from representing Lai.

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

Securing the release of pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai from a Hong Kong prison is a "priority" for the government, Sir Keir Starmer has said. During Prime Minister's Questions, ...