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Jimmy Lai, Others Sentenced For Protests Against Government

NPR | By Emily Feng
Published April 16, 2021 at 5:06 AM EDT

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and eight other activists were sentenced for their role in anti-government protests nearly two years ago. They are the latest to be imprisoned as Beijing cracks down.

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Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.
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