The son of the Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai said Tuesday that his father's trial in the Chinese territory was a "sham" but that he was "proud" of how he was handling himself in court.Last week,

Former media boss denies using the term and did not know or support ‘localists’ calling for Hong Kong independence.

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, 76, testified in court for the first time on Wednesday in his landmark national security trial, accused of endangering China's national security by colluding with foreign forces.

As pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces a potential life sentence in the high-stakes national security case in Hong Kong, his son Sebastien Lai has denounced the proceedings as a politically motivated “show trial” driven by a China-led crackdown on dissent.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes a resolution adopted by the European Parliament that denounces the deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong and urges the Hong Kong authorities to release journalists detained in the territory.

Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.

Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying resumes his testimony on Wednesday as the court continues to examine evidence regarding his national security charges for the fifth day at West Kowloon Court.

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai took the stand in his own defense this week in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. His son, Sebastien Lai, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his father’s work and the state of democracy in Hong Kong.

Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is fighting charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to issue seditious publications.