Jimmy Lai, a British citizen who has been in detention since 2020, is a strong critic of the Chinese Communist Party. He is regarded as one of the key faces of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
In December 2025, the Hong Kong High Court found Lai guilty on all three counts of violating the national security law.
Indian squash team made history on Sunday, securing the first-ever Squash World Cup title, beating the top-seeds Hong Kong in the final in Chennai.
Hong Kong has ordered citywide scaffolding removal for urgent safety checks after the Wang Fuk Court fire, which killed 159 people. Police have made arrests and expanded search operations.
A massive fire tore through a public housing complex in Hong Kong, leaving scores dead and many more injured. The blaze spread rapidly through the building’s renovation scaffolding, turning an ordinary day into one of the city’s darkest tragedies in decades.
“We are not targeting reporters. We are targeting national security offences,” said Steve Li, the head of the national security department. The Stand News office was raided, and three men and four women were arrested on suspicion of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. Wednesday’s assault on press freedom has had its echo in distant Germany and the rights office of the United Nations in Geneva
After eight hours of voting, the turnout was more than ten percentage points below the previous Legislative Council elections held five years ago. After at least five years of turmoil, most particularly the Umbrella movement, candidates were screened by the government as “patriots” before being declared eligible to run.
Lai and Chow were charged with unlawful incitement of others to participate in an unauthorized assembly without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.
These countries, the NCOC added, had been placed in category C - which includes nations from where people face restrictions and can only travel to Pakistan under specific NCOC guidelines.
The activists also protested against the National security law imposed in Hongkong last year and expressed fear that a similar fate could befall Taiwan
