News Snapshot:
When lawyers representing Jimmy Lai, the British businessman who founded the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily – and who now sits in a Hong Kong prison cell as a result – met earlier this month with The Globe’s editorial board, the words “ludicrous” and “absurd” came up several times. The lawyers provided updates on the widespread international calls for Mr. Lai’s release – by the United States and British governments, but shamefully not by Canada’s – and on his unfolding trial. Opening arguments began in December and offered a revealing window into the prosecution’s case, said Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jonathan Price,...
