Free the HK 47! Free Jimmy Lai!
The Hong Kong-based tycoon Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to two charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security, and publishing seditious material in Apple Daily, the tabloid newspaper he founded, in his trial which began on 18 December. This is an extraordinary delay, well over three years (1084 days) after he was first arrested for collusion on 10 August 2020 under the National Security Law. Lai is currently serving a five year sentence for fraud (accommodating a consultancy firm inside Apple/Next Media HQ without informing the landlord), and had already served an...