Hong Kong court sentences China critic and Catholic journalist Jimmy Lai to six years in prison
Additional charges against the 75-year-old could carry a sentence of life in prison.
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Articles tagged Jimmy Lai
Cdl. Zen appeals fine imposed by Hong Kong court for assisting pro-democracy protesters
His arrest and trial have drawn international attention and prompted the United States, the European Parliament, and religious liberty watchdogs to issue statements condemning Beijing’s actions.
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Members of pro-democracy Hong Kong media plead guilty to violating Chinese Communists’ ‘National Security Law’
‘[I]t is clear that [Hong Kong’s National Security Law’s] real purpose is to terrify the people of that once-great city into silence,’ China expert Steven Mosher told LifeSite, adding he has ‘no doubt that the corrupt prosecutors in the case threatened the defendants with life imprisonment if they did not plead guilty.’
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US gov’t condemns Communist China’s guilty verdict against Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai
'We remain deeply concerned about the deterioration in protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the systematic dismantling of Hong Kong’s autonomy under the National Security Law.'
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Pope Francis has betrayed Cdl. Zen in his hour of greatest need
As Confucius said, 'A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.'
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US Congressman calls attention to Chinese Communists’ crackdown on Catholic Church in Hong Kong
Rep. Chris Smith warned that ‘a dismantling of civil society before our very eyes’ is taking place.
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Pope denigrates ‘rigid’ preachers living in the past, while his silence on persecuted Christians is deafening
Pope Francis’ berating of conservative and Traditionalist Catholics in the free world stands in stark contrast to his continued refusal to comment on the Chinese Communist Party’s recent arrests of a Vatican-appointed bishop, priests, and seminarians. ‘His silence is deafening, and it’s one of the greatest scandals in Church history’
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Hong Kong authorities arrest dozens of prominent pro-democracy activists
China is gaining more and more power in the former British colony.
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Vatican silent as Chinese communists arrest Catholic publisher in Hong Kong
Commentators are wondering if the Vatican's close relationship with China lies at the root of Pope Francis's silence regarding the country's human rights abuses.
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