U.S. Calls Jimmy Lai Verdict Tragic as Global Pressure Mounts on Hong Kong

THE UNITED STATES SAID THE HONG KONG HIGH COURT’S DECISION TO IMPRISON JIMMY LAI WAS AN UNJUST AND TRAGIC CONCLUSION TO THE CASE, WHICH STARTED IN DECEMBER 2023. THE UNITED STATES HAS SAID THE HONG KONG HIGH COURT’S DECISION TO IMPRISON JIMMY LAI WAS AN UNJUST AND TRAGIC CONCLUSION TO THE CASE, WHICH STARTED IN DECEMBER 2023.REPORT HAS...

• THE UNITED STATES SAID THE HONG KONG HIGH COURT’S DECISION TO IMPRISON JIMMY LAI WAS AN UNJUST AND TRAGIC CONCLUSION TO THE CASE, WHICH STARTED IN DECEMBER 2023.
• THE UNITED STATES HAS SAID THE HONG KONG HIGH COURT’S DECISION TO IMPRISON JIMMY LAI WAS AN UNJUST AND TRAGIC CONCLUSION TO THE CASE, WHICH STARTED IN DECEMBER 2023.REPORT HAS IT THAT THE 78-YEAR-OLD LAI WAS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY TO COLLUDE WITH FOREIGN FORCES AND CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS.THE U.S., IN ITS REACTION, SAID THE VERDICT SHOWS THAT BEIJING WILL GO TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO SUPPRESS THOSE WHO ADVOCATE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN HONG KONG.SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO NOTED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD SET ASIDE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS IT MADE IN THE 1984 SINO BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION WHILE FOREIGN SECRETARY YVETTE COOPER EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LAI’S HEALTH AND A PRISON TERM TANTAMOUNT TO A LIFE SENTENCE AND FURTHER URGED HONG KONG TO END THE APPALLING ORDEAL AND FREE LAI ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.MEANWHILE, PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER HAS DISCUSSED THE CASE WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA WHILE FURTHER DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENTS ARE NOW EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE 20-YEAR SENTENCING.
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