Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.

A major trial is kicking off in Hong Kong this week. Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and democracy activist, is going to court after more than 1,000 days in detention.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is on trial accused of endangering China's national security. Lai, 76, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of ...

Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a landmark trial, where he is accused of endangering China's national security, as prosecutors laid out ...

Lai, 76, arrived at a Hong Kong court on Dec. 18 amid a heavy security presence and dozens of supporters for ... Simon said the Pope and the Vatican have “knowingly abandoned him,” despite ...

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai testified this week in court for the first time in a landmark national security trial accusing him of endangering China's national ...

Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he's facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the ...

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal, in a prison van in Hong Kong, China Feb. 9, 2021.

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...

People line up to buy the last Apple Daily newspaper edition in Hong Kong on June 24. (Vincent Yu/AP) Mark Simon is former group director for Next Digital, parent company for Apple Daily, and ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A major trial is kicking off in Hong Kong this week. Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and democracy activist, is going to court after more than 1,000 days in detention. A MARTÍNEZ ...

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...