WAN-IFRA denounces sentences for Jimmy Lai and Apple Daily executives in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court handed Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, a 20-year prison sentence on Monday, 9th February under Hong Kong’s national security law – the longest imposed since authorities enacted the law in 2020. The court also sentenced six former Apple Daily senior staff members, who were arrested in…
