Concerns for Briton Jimmy Lai’s deteriorating health as landmark trial set to resume in Hong Kong
A leading press group called Hong Kong officials to release the officials of the pro -democracy media, taking into account the health of Jimmy Lai.
77 -year -old British citizen and now the founder of the Cup Apple Daily The newspaper faces life in prison if it is found guilty with foreign forces in accordance with the Hong Kong National Security Law and confidentiality.
He claimed that he was not guilty of the charges.
Lai has been imprisoned for nearly six years due to the role of 2019 in pro -democracy protests, which led Beijing to impose the national security law in the city.
Reporters who do not know boundaries, since 2021 Lai’s health after the cell imprisoned, he said. The guard said that the media king is limited to only 50 minutes of exercise a day with barely access to natural light.
Sebastiien Lai, the son of the millionaire, claimed that his father suffered from diabetes last year had lost a significant amount of weight and that independent medical care was rejected.
On August 14, a Hong Kong court will begin to listen to LAI’s national security trial.
Rights Group said that the hearing started in December 2023 and initially planned to last 80 days.
“Since his arrest, Jimmy Lai has been subjected to inhuman conditions from every piece of dignity and freedom,” Antoine Bernard, one of the unlimited journalists. He said.
“Treatment of the authorities, Hong Kong’s rapidly worsening media landscape reveals the determination to silence and suppress one of the most important defenders of the freedom of press. As he approaches the result of his hearing, he should act urgently to secure the immediate release of the international community and other six Apple Daily Daily members.”
Sebastien Lai said that his father was treated inholsters in prison, but remained “challenging and strong”.
Earlier this year, the son wrote to Keir Starmer by calling a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss his father’s situation.
“It is ridiculous that the Prime Minister will not meet me in courage,” he said. Independent.
Donald said Trump’s presidency gave him a lot of hope for his father’s release. “But at the end of the day, this is a common effort, Sir Sir Keir called on more to liberate his father.
Mr. Trump claimed that he would remove Lai from prison last year.
Hong Kong ranks 140th in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index compiled by journalists who do not know boundaries.
