Hong Kong Court Rejects Catholic Activist Jimmy Lai’s Appeal of 2021 Conviction

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Aug 13, 2024 - 12:45
Hong Kong Court Rejects Catholic Activist Jimmy Lai’s Appeal of 2021 Conviction
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Jimmy Lai and other demonstrators had been convicted in 2021 of taking part in what the Hong Kong government had argued was an “unauthorized assembly” at Victoria Park in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay neighborhood.

Lai, an outspoken pro-democracy activist who has cited his Catholic faith as a source of strength and inspiration, has been under various forms of prosecution in China for several years.

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