Jimmy Lai, Others Sentenced For Protests Against Government

By Emily Feng

Published April 15, 2021 at 11:06 PM HST

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and eight other activists were sentenced for their role in anti-government protests nearly two years ago. They are the latest to be imprisoned as Beijing cracks down.

Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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