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Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai to 20 years on national security charges

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Source: The Guardian
Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai to 20 years on national security charges
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Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily and a leading pro-democracy figure, was sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong on national-security offences including sedition and conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, in a case critics call part of Beijing's crackdown on dissent that led to Apple Daily's closure.

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