Jimmy Lai's trial is a test of global resolve on Beijing's overreach

Prosecution of Lai sends a chilling message: No one is safe from state's long arm

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Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, walks to a prison van to head to court, after being charged under the national security law in Hong Kong on Dec. 12, 2020. © Reuters

Luke de Pulford is founder and executive director of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the world's largest political initiative on the subject. Previously he co-founded and ran the anti-slavery charity Arise.

Some names are synonymous with struggle. Some are known in households throughout the world, even when their story isn't well understood. I remember being aware of Nelson Mandela long before I moved to South Africa or learned of the history of apartheid. His name took on a mythic quality, evoking reverence and struggle by its very mention.

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