jimmy lai was jailed for this conviction but he has also been serving a sentence for other charges and remember the shockwave sent to the business community at the time when the authorities decided to go after jimmy lai and arrest him because he was a billionaire businessman, and until then, most of the arrests were among student protesters. the appeal centred on whether or not the conviction was proportionate to fundamental human rights protections, which was rejected by hong kong's topicort. of course, i look has changed in the last five years. china has imposed strict national security laws in 2020 following those protests in hong kong also imposes a national security law earlier this year. mr lai is also facing a separate national security trial as well. while hong kong does remain a vibrant financial hub, those protests and the arrest and also beijing's tightening grip on the city, all of those have affected the sentiment among businesses as well. . ~ sentiment among businesses as well. ., ,, , ., sentiment among businesses as well. . ~' , ., , sentiment among businesses as well.

hong kong's top court has ruled against former media tycoon jimmy lai and six other pro—democracy campaignerspeal against their conviction for taking part in an unauthorised assembly. the conviction involves a rally on 18th august, 2019, during the massive anti—government protests in hong kong. 0ur asia business reporter mariko 0i has more. it's fair to say that the verdict does not come as a surprise, but as you say, we were all there covering those protests and to think of how much the city has changed in such a short time, it is quite remarkable. so we're talking about 76—year—old former media tycoonjemmy lai, who was the founder of the pro—democracy newspaper apple daily, which of course has since been shut down, as well as six others who had been found guilty of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly five years ago. mr lai was jailed for this conviction, but he's also been serving a sentence for other charges and he has been held in solitary confinement for more than three years now. i still remember the shock wave is sent to the business community at the time when the

hong kong's top court has dismissed an appeal by the former media tycoon jimmy lai and six other pro—democracy convictions overturned. the group had been found guilty of unauthorised assembly during protests in 2019. mr lai is the founder of the pro—democracy apple daily newspaper. he's been held in solitary confinement since december 2020. the world health organization said this week it is convening experts to determine if the spread of mpox — previously known as monkeypox — across africa should be declared a global emergency. at least 15 countries across africa have reported outbreaks since january. people with the virus often get a rash with lesions, along with a fever, sore throat and headache. the virus is often transmitted through skin—to—skin contact. the democratic republic of congo has seen more than 90% of reported cases across africa this year. since january last year, more than 1,200 people have died. the africa centres for disease control and prevention is poised to declare a �*continental emergency�* as a new variant of mpox moves across dr congo's borders. i spoke with anne rimo

staff and boss of another hong kong news outlet is on trial and talking about the media tycoon and jimmy laiwho is fighting national security charges accusing him of colluding with foreign forces back to you, rosemary and christie in practical terms, what does this verdict mean for journalism in hong kong? >> yeah, i mean, this hits very close to home to many working journalists here in the territory. this case represents another new working reality for reporters in hong kong journalists and lawyers are carefully reading the judgment to find out just what it means for working reporters. and we are their new media guidelines. are there new red lines for journalists, especially local reporters during the trial, we heard some interesting comments from the senior counsel under you who said that she said reporting a murderer doesn't mean the press is in support of the murderer and she said that the prosecution had to prove seditious intent ultimately, with the judge in this case, ruling against an news, it suggests that reporting on antigovernment activity can be seen as support for such activiti

[ laughter ] i was just kind of laying there in bed like, "why?" >> jimmymmy: yeah. >> but anyways -- >> jimmy: does it take you back to your college days? >> buddy, my college days -- my daughter's gonna do great. i'm so proud of her, and i love her, and i wish her nothing but luck. and i know she's going to have a great time, and i'm happy for her. so, when i went to college, man, i was always kind of dopey. so, i -- my first day of college, i show up. i really didn't belong in college. [ laughter ] i was not smart enough to be there. but i got there, and i'm on the sixth floor. and i -- i brought my amplifier for my guitar. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> and i put my -- for no reason, i was alone. i brought the amplifier over to the window in new york city. put it to the window. had a microphone, my shure microphone. people walking down on the street. i was alone, again. [ laughter ] and i was going, "you! bring me a hamburger!" [ laughter ] i was alone and people walking by. and i go, "this is the lord." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the lord. "get me a hamburger." ye

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