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AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai (apnews.com)
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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (36 children)

What is the context behind this?

[–] Ukuli@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 year ago (34 children)

2019 HK protests and CCP’s crackdown on its free press.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (33 children)

I know that, what did this guy actually do?

[–] Ukuli@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

He ran a prominen newspaper called Daily Apple, which was shut down by the government.

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