Trump urges China’s Xi to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Trump appeals to Chinese leader Xi Jinping after Jimmy Lai convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law.

Trump appeals to Chinese leader Xi Jinping after Jimmy Lai convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law.







![Pro-independence demonstrator Tony Chung, left, marches during an annual New Year protest in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, 2019. [Kin Cheung/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-1755543515.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Hong Kong’s national security police announces arrest warrants for 19 pro-democracy activists mostly living in UK.
The UK Home Office says the move will prevent criminals from ‘evading justice’; critics say it legitimizes oppression.
Founded in 2006, LSD was the latest pro-democracy party to hold street protests amid national security crackdown.
A different court previously cleared Jackie Chen of rioting after she said she attended protests to call for restraint.

Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s ‘Apple Daily,’ testified Wednesday in his national security trial

Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in prison.
The Hong Kong 47 were first arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial elections that authorities likened to a ‘coup’.
Legal scholar Benny Tai is sentenced to 10 years, while dozens of others receive years-long jail terms.
Chu Kai-pong faces a sentence of up to 10 years in jail after becoming the first convict under the strict new laws.
A bloodied shirt, a tent and a military medal are among exhibits marking China’s brutal suppression of 1989 protests.