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HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

His co-defendants, six former employees of his Apple Daily newspaper and two activists, received prison terms of between 6 years and 3 months, and 10 years on collusion-related charges.

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[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 2 hours ago

Media tycoon huh... 

[–] tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org 4 points 7 hours ago

This is de facto a death sentence for the 'crime' of telling the truth.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Context: The 1984 Sino–British Joint Declaration set the terms of the 1997 handover, under which China pledged to uphold "one country, two systems" for 50 years.

Influence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-led central government in Hong Kong expanded significantly during the 2020s, roughly two decades after the handover. The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests prompted the introduction of the 2020 Hong Kong national security law and the 2021 Hong Kong electoral change