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Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

May 16
Kanis Leung,
Didi Tang

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, then owner of the Hong Kong and Taiwan newspaper Apple Daily, attends the Seminar on Tenth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover organized by Democratic Party in Hong Kong, June 9, 2007. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

What to know about Catholic Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong journey from media mogul and activist to convict

Feb 9
Kanis Leung,
Associated Press

People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, convicted in landmark national security trial

Dec 15, 2025
Kanis Leung,
Associated Press

Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. (Vernon Yuen/AP.)

National security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent Catholic activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Dec 18, 2023
Kanis Leung

French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill for third time

Jul 8
Crux Now Staff

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Jul 8
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Filipino activist priest Father Robert Reyes holds a jar of exorcised salt meant to be sprinkled around the Philippine Senate building, July 4, 2026. (Credit: Paterno Esmaquel II.)

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French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill for third time

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French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill for third time