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Rubio denounces ‘unjust’ Jimmy Lai sentence
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio called the 20-year sentence for Jimmy Lai under Hong Kong's national security law unjust and urged humanitarian parole for the 78-year-old media tycoon.
- Monday's ruling by a Beijing-backed Hong Kong court sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years, and Marco Rubio blasted it as `unjust and tragic` and urged `humanitarian parole`.
- Authorities prosecuted Lai for `conspiring to collude with foreign forces` and publishing `seditious articles` under a China-driven national security law.
- Lai has endured more than five years in solitary confinement and a two-year trial, while six former Apple Daily staffers and two activists received prison terms between just over six and 10 years.
- The United Nations and press freedom organisations condemned the sentence, while Yvette Cooper, British Foreign Secretary, urged humanitarian release for the 78-year-old British citizen.
- Observers warn the ruling serves as a warning to Taiwan and may invite diplomatic pressure; analysts say it is the longest sentence under China’s national security law, breaking 1997 autonomy promises.
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China claims the Hong Konger just sentenced to 20 years in prison is Chinese. The UK begs to differ
Monday’s sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law. The 78-year-old Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles. His co-defen…
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