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Hong Kong: Top Court upholds conviction of Jimmy Lai

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Published: August 13th, 2024,
Last updated: September 7th, 2024

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Hong Kong’s top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorized assembly in 2019. This shows how severely the National Security Law restricts freedom of expression in Hong Kong.

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