Jimmy Lai

November 15, 2021

Journalist denied visa renewal by Hong Kong authorities without explanation

Hong Kong authorities denied a foreign journalist for The Economist renewal of her visa without any explanation, the magazine reported. Sue-Lin Wong, an Australian citizen, was a reporter based in Hong Kong but is no longer able to continue her work covering news on China and the former autonomous city. Continue Reading...

November 08, 2021

Former Next Digital CEO denied bail after five months in prison

After enduring five months in prison awaiting trial on conspiracy charges under Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL), Cheung Kim-hung, former CEO of Next Digital Media company, was denied bail by the city’s high court. Continue Reading...

November 06, 2021

Despite displays of strength, China has key weaknesses

The recent announcement that China had tested something akin to a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, which is launched into space and then orbits the globe before discharging a missile at its target, underscored yet again that America and its allies have serious grounds to be worried about China. Continue Reading...

November 03, 2021

The trial of Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy activists has begun in Hong Kong

The trial of outspoken media tycoon and longtime Acton friend Jimmy Lai, along with seven other influential pro-democracy activists, began Nov. 1 in a Hong Kong court. The group is being tried for participating in an unauthorized Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil last year, which is now forbidden under Hong Kong’s stifling National Security Law. Continue Reading...

November 02, 2021

Hong Kong’s extreme National Security Law wins second conviction

A Hong Kong court has handed down a second conviction under the wide-sweeping National Security Law (NSL), this time for chanting pro-independence slogans. According to ABC News, Ma Chun-man was convicted on Oct. Continue Reading...

November 01, 2021

How Hong Kong moved from two systems to one tyranny

Hong Kong has become the face of China’s dictatorship, the most dramatic evidence of Xi Jinping’s determination to extinguish even the hint of dissent among his people. Today residents of the Special Administrative Region are ruled as completely and cruelly by the Chinese Communist Party as are those living in Beijing or Shanghai. Continue Reading...

October 29, 2021

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai to receive the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award

At the annual International Press Freedom Awards, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will honor Jimmy Lai, longtime Acton friend and outspoken political dissident in Hong Kong, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Continue Reading...

October 27, 2021

Amnesty International to withdraw from Hong Kong

London-based Amnesty International has succumbed to the pressures of Hong Kong’s wide-sweeping National Security Law (NSL), announcing on Oct. 25 its decisions to withdraw operations from the city. The human rights organization will close its two Hong Kong branches, citing fear of “restrictions of freedoms of expression.” Continue Reading...

October 15, 2021

Jimmy Lai coming up on one year in prison as new court date is set in pro-democracy activist’s case

Jimmy Lai, a 73-year-old Hong Kong media mogul, outspoken critic of China, pro-democracy activist, and recipient of the Acton Institute’s 2020 Faith and Freedom Award, will approach a year behind bars as his national security case is transferred to Hong Kong’s High Court and postponed to Dec. Continue Reading...

October 11, 2021

University of Hong Kong demands Tiananmen Square Massacre memorial statue be forcibly removed from campus grounds

The University of Hong Kong requested that members of a prominent but now-disbanded social rights group remove from campus grounds its famous statue, the Pillar of Shame, which pays tribute to victims in Beijing’s violent crackdown during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Continue Reading...

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