Jimmy Lai, long seen as one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong’s highest‑profile national security case, capping a years‑long legal battle that has drawn global condemnation.

The 78-year-old publisher has already served five years in solitary confinement.

The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups

Lai is serving a nearly six-year jail term over fraud allegations in a separate case and has been in custody for more than five years. In January, lawyer Robert Pang said Lai suff

Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.

Hong Kong's High Court on Monday sentenced media ‌tycoon ​and China critic Jimmy Lai to 20 years in ‌jail for two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the city's national security law,

The sentencing of Hong Kong's onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai on Monday raised concerns from foreign governments and rights groups, but Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law.

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.