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Close the HKETOs
“HKETOs were understandable when Hong Kong was sufficiently autonomous from China but in 2020, Beijing imposed a National Security Law that decimated the autonomy, rule of law, and freedom of expression that the city once enjoyed.”
– CFHK Foundation X
Political Prisoners
“Every political prisoner represents a life that is stunted, a woman or man cut off from child or spouse. The Chinese gulag has spread across the country like a cancer, even extending to Hong Kong since the introduction of the 2020 National Security Law.”
– Mark Clifford, CFHK Foundation President
Jimmy Lai
“Jimmy Lai chose to stay in Hong Kong knowing he would face imprisonment rather than leave the people of Hong Kong behind and escape the ongoing crackdown on the city by the authorities and the Chinese Communist Party.”
– Mark Clifford, CFHK Foundation President
Foreign Judges
“The implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong on June 30, 2020, has crushed the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people; dismantled the foundation of the rule of law; and obliterated the principle of “one country, two systems” guaranteed in the Basic Law.”
– Frances Hui, CFHK Foundation Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
Research
Featured Events
5 June 2025
3 June 2025
British Detainees and the Legal Right to Consular Assistance
Committee Room 18, House of Commons
6 May 2025
Political Prisoners: the UK’s Response
Committee Room 13, House of Commons, London
Since 2019, the ongoing national security crackdown in Hong Kong has resulted in the imprisonment of more than 1,900 political prisoners, aged 13 to 76, roughly half of whom are still behind bars. The CFHK Foundation campaigns to secure the release of all political prisoners in Hong Kong, each of whom is a testament to the liberty the city has lost. Here are their stories:
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
Founded in 2022, the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation is a U.S.-registered charity that aims to free all of Hong Kong political prisoners. From offices in Washington D.C. and London, the Foundation campaigns to ensure there are profound international consequences for the People’s Republic of China’s broken promise to uphold the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration in Hong Kong. Through innovative research, media engagement, and government relations initiatives, the Foundation leads global advocacy in support of Hong Kong’s core values: rule of law, press freedom, and freedom of expression.
In the News
May 8, 2025
🕯️Stirring words from @Chloe_chc_25 during @HJS_Org's #June4 commemoration event today with @MPIainDS:
"In #HongKong, we didn’t just mourn the students killed in the #TiananmenSquareMassacre, we remembered them because they stood for the values we hoped to protect: truth,…
Kicking off in UK parliament with @HJS_Org #june4 #TiananmenSquareMassacre commemoration event hosted by @MPIainDS featuring @Chloe_chc_25, @wuerkaixi & @drqvortrup.
From #Tiananmenmothers: “The pain has never left it is a nightmare that time cannot fade...a government that…
1/ Yesterday in #Kingston #London, @Chloe_chc_25 joined other members of the #HongKong community to commemorate the #June4 #TiananmenSquareMassacre and honour the Hong Kong political prisoners imprisoned on charges including participating in the 2020 Tiananmen vigil.
Yesterday in #WashingtonDC, @frances_hui joined human rights defenders & allies at @VoCommunism's annual vigil to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre. Frances shared a collage of Hongkongers who continue to resist in #HongKong. (📷Cr. Bing Bong)
On the solemn anniversary of the #Tiananmen Square Massacre, @thecfhk joined with Members of Congress & human rights advocates to remember the victims and stand united against the continued human rights abuses committed by the #Chinese government including in Hong Kong.…
LIVE NOW: The Select Committee Hosts Dissidents on Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1PlJQMroXdzJE
Powerful from @benedictrogers, making clear that the regime that massacred its own citizens on #June4 1989 is the same #CCP we are dealing with today:
"We should not have normal trading relations with a genocidal regime committing crimes against humanity and dire repression.…
Thanks again to our speakers @adamwagner, @quinnmck, @MarkSabah & @GreggoryStafford MP for hosting last night's event on Consular Assistance & the #JimmyLaiBill 🇬🇧🏛
Together our voices are stronger in calling for action not words needed by the UK government to protect British…
🕯️Candles illuminate the windows of the @USAinHKMacau building in #HongKong to mark the 36th anniversary of the #June4 #TiananmenSquareMassacre in 2025.
We remember.
In #Sydney today, supporters of #HongKong & #China freedom gathered outside the Chinese Consulate-General to commemorate the #June4 #TiananmenMassacre, calling an end for tyranny and displaying the 'Jimmy Lai in Chains' neon sign. 💪💪
#FreeJimmyLai
Thank you @RepBrianFitz for cosponsoring the #HongKong Sanctions Act led by @RepYoungKim and @RepMcGovern. Holding complicit judges and prosecutors accountable is a vital step in confronting Beijing’s repression and recognizing the collapse of judicial independence in Hong Kong.
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