{"id":316389,"date":"2026-02-09T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hong-kong-pro-democracy-china-critic-jimmy-lai-jailed-for-20-years-for-national-security-offences\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:00:08","slug":"hong-kong-pro-democracy-china-critic-jimmy-lai-jailed-for-20-years-for-national-security-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hong-kong-pro-democracy-china-critic-jimmy-lai-jailed-for-20-years-for-national-security-offences\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong pro-democracy China critic Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years for national security offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/snYWsWmUYZM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong pro-democracy China critic Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years for national security offences\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/snYWsWmUYZM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The former Hong Kong media chief and critic of China has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The British citizen was convicted in December on counts of sedition and colluding with foreign forces.<\/p>\n<p>And today&#8217;s sentence in a Hong Kong court brought condemnation from the British foreign secretary and Japanese government.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer had raised his case during his recent meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Lai is 78 and has already spent five years in prison.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Hong Kong media chief and critic of China has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 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