A lawyer for imprisoned media mogul Jimmy Lai argued that it is “not wrong to support freedom of expression,” as the defense opened its closing arguments in Lai’s national security trial. The high-profile proceedings have raised questions about the boundaries of free speech under Hong Kong’s 2020 National Security Law.

Members of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party have voted to proceed with plans to dissolve the party, a move first proposed by its leaders in February and confirmed by the party’s chair on Sunday.