by | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
.field.field–name-field-audio-type a { display: none; } Acton Audio The Social Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI January 11, 2023 Overview Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—scholar, teacher, theologian, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, and finally...
by | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Less than a month after Hong Kong adjourned democracy advocate Jimmy Lai’s trial, Beijing has stacked the deck even further against the jailed entrepreneur and freedom fighter. After the Hong Kong High Court postponed Lai’s trial in December, the responsibility fell...
by | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Entrepreneur and freedom fighter Jimmy Lai’s fight for justice will now drag on for nine more months as the Hong Kong High Court adjourns his trial. The delay comes as Hong Kong waits for Beijing to rule on allowing King’s Counsel Tim Owen, a British lawyer and...
by | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Held in solitary confinement, 75-year-old Jimmy Lai is still awaiting trial for the crime of resisting the iron grip of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. On December 10, however, that grip got a little tighter. A Hong Kong court sentenced Lai to an additional...
by | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
.field.field–name-field-audio-type a { display: none; } Acton Audio Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom December 7, 2022 Overview For this episode, we’re presenting the final evening plenary from Acton University 2022. This plenary was a panel...
by | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hong Kong freedom fighter Jimmy Lai was scheduled to go on trial this week for alleged crimes against China’s National Security Law. However, Hong Kong’s immigration department has succeeded in pushing the trial back by denying Lai access to a key international lawyer...
by | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mere days after bringing a veteran British litigator on his legal team, jailed Hong Kong entrepreneur Jimmy Lai is moving to halt the trial proceedings entirely. In a pretrial interview, the 74-year-old Lai came before three National Security judges to review the...
by | Nov 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Although 74-year-old media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai faces life in prison under Beijing’s harsh National Security Law (NSL), he now has a new ally in his corner: veteran human rights lawyer Timothy Owen. Lai, already serving time for convictions...
by | Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
One day after pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty of fraud charges, the U.S. Department of State responded to the verdict, condemning its “spurious fraud charges” and noting increasing concerns about “deterioration in protection for human rights” under...
by | Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
One day after pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty of fraud charges, the U.S. Department of State responded to the verdict, condemning its “spurious fraud charges” and noting increasing concerns about “deterioration in protection for human rights” under...
