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Britain's Lammy In China To 'Challenge' Beijing On Russia Support

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will meet his counterpart Wang Yi and other top officials in Beijing on Friday to "challenge" China on sensitive issues like Russia's war in Ukraine, as the two countries seek to rebuild frayed ties.

International Business Times

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to visit China in an attempt to reset frosty relations

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights and other concerns

The Independent UK

China Says UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy To Visit This Week

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China this week, Beijing said Thursday, marking the first by a senior UK official since the election of Prime Minister Keir Starmer in July.

International Business Times

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UK Govt Urged To Raise Pro-democracy Tycoon's Case With China

The UK government was on Friday urged to raise the case of jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai with China, after reports that foreign minister David Lammy is heading to Beijing.

International Business Times

David Lammy urged to save imprisoned activist Jimmy Lai as son says father unwell

Jimmy Lai, 75, has suffered ‘significant weight loss’ as he approaches a fourth year in solitary confinement

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court rejects activist Jimmy Lai's bid to have a jury trial for libel case

A Hong Kong court has rejected jailed publisher Jimmy Lai’s request to have a jury trial for his libel case against a pro-Beijing newspaper

The Independent UK

Calls for special envoy to help release Britons held for years without fair trial

The families of Britons imprisoned abroad accuse the Foreign Office of caring more about ‘not upsetting’ relations with key trade partners than calling for the release of their loved ones.

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Is Free Speech Doomed in Hong Kong?

Last week’s sedition conviction is yet another step backward for press freedom.

Reason

Two Stand News journalists in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition

Chris Patten condemns ‘dark day for press freedom’ as Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam convicted over 11 articles

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test

Two editors from now-closed independent publication are facing sedition charges over the outlet’s reporting.

Al Jazeera

What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?

Two journalists who led a now-shuttered Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that’s seen as an indicator for press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city

The Independent UK

Former UK supreme court head quits media freedom role over work as judge in Hong Kong

David Neuberger was part of court panel that dismissed appeal of Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy activists

The Guardian - UK

British judge condemned for keeping free speech hero in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel

Lord Neuberger says his work as an overseas judge is an ‘undesirable’ distraction for the Media Freedom Coalition

The Independent UK

Shame of British judge keeping free speech hero Jimmy Lai in jail

David Neuberger condemned as ‘delusional’ for upholding a conviction against persecuted pro-democracy campaigner

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British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity

Lord David Neuberger called ‘hypocritical’ for ruling on case involving pro-democracy media tycoon while being a trustee for a prisoners rights charity

The Guardian - UK

Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten

Former governor speaks out after appeal court upholds convictions of seven activists over 2019 protest

The Independent UK

7 prominent Hong Kong activists fail to overturn their convictions over 2019 protest

Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists lost their final bid to overturn their convictions at the city’s top court on Monday over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019

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Publisher Jimmy Lai To Testify In National Security Trial

Prominent publisher Jimmy Lai to testify in his defense in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong, facing charges of colluding with foreign forces...

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The Independent UK

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says

A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial

The Independent UK

Labour must help release Briton Jimmy Lai jailed in China amid fears he could die in prison, son says

Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated after being locked up for years

The Guardian - AU

Jimmy Lai: son of detained media tycoon urges Hong Kong’s foreign judges to reconsider staying

Sebastien Lai tells Australian audience the idea that rule of law remains in Hong Kong amid imprisonment of pro-democracy protesters ‘is not true at all’

AAP

Assange lawyer urges support for Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Australia is being urged to back a campaign for the release of newspaper founder Jimmy Lai after Julian Assange won his bid for freedom.

The Guardian - UK

Remaining British judges urged to resign from Hong Kong’s top court

The three British judges still on territory’s top bench under pressure to quit after two others stepped down last week

The Guardian - UK

Two more British judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court

Democracy campaigners welcome move by Lord Sumption and Lord Collins, who cited political situation in statement

The Guardian - UK

‘The old days are no more’: Hong Kong goes quiet as security laws tighten their grip

NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial

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