The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, 1900 to today

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Hong KongRSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180

China (Hong Kong): conviction and 20-year sentence of the media owner Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law, 2025 to 2026

On December 15, 2025, the High Court of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China with its own courts, convicted Jimmy Lai, founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, on two counts of "conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign force…

Detention and violence · Stage Eliminate · Head of government John Lee · Sustained

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