After 1,800 days in mostly solitary confinement, the iconic voice for free speech faces more years as a political prisoner—unless advocacy and pressure can bring clemency
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of “foreign collusion” and “sedition” after a national security trial that dragged on for more than two years. A mitigation hearing is scheduled for January 12; sentencing will follow, with life imprisonment possible. The New York Times, BBC, SCMP, and other media have extensive features on Lai this week.