Jimmy Lai wurde in Hongkong zu 20 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt, nachdem er nat. Sicherheitsüberzeugung
Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong after nat. security conviction
Jimmy Lai wurde in Hongkong zu 20 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt, nachdem er nat. Sicherheitsüberzeugung
Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong after nat. security conviction
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Keir Starmer talked before House of Commons: I met President Xi and raised the case of Jimmy Lai.
China: Duly noted your concern. Here comes 20 years of sentence.
Meanwhile, after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney visited China, they dropped the death sentence of the meth smuggler Robert Schellenberg.
That’s a life sentence for this old man who is 78. Hong Kong is now completely integrated into China politically. I am very happy I don’t live anywhere under Chinese jurisdiction anymore.
So this is how liberty dies…
One country, two systems, my ass.
His health has gotten so bad his teeth and nails are falling off. He’s not likely gonna serve the full 20 years. And it’s gonna be a really shitty stay too. From a [previous interview](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/03/jimmy-lai-health-concern-hong-kong-prison) with his daughter:
>After learning he enjoyed curry sauce, “instead of having extra curry sauce, he has no curry sauce at all,” she said.
This is one petty ass regime.
Is he guilty of the charges regardless of what you think of their laws? If he really did in fact lobby foreign governments as described then he’s lucky to still be alive.
Preview of what Canada wants to be
For the US people openly protesting the „dictatorship“ you’re supposedly under in the US, this kind of thing, as well as what’s happened in Iran, is the kind of thing that happens to people who protest under real dictatorships/authoritarian regimes
The article says he was using his news org to lobby foreign governments to place sanctions on China. Based on its history, i.e. the exploitation by British, French, etc., China does not appreciate calls for foreign governments to interfere in its domestic affairs. So not suprising of this tough sentence.
Interesting how the past can shape the present.
kangaroo court
Fuck China