5 June 2025
3 June 2025
British Detainees and the Legal Right to Consular Assistance
Committee Room 18, House of Commons
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:
More aggressive defence from #HongKong officials, this time directed at @NikkeiAsia & @bbcchinese for reporting about the National Security Law.
Hint: The best way to improve #HK's image is stop imprisoning innocent democrats. #HK47
Beijing slams BBC Chinese, Nikkei Asia over ‘distorted reports’ on Hong Kong nat. sec law
China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong has condemned articles published by BBC Chinese and Nikkei Asia, accu...
hongkongfp.com
#HK47 appeals: Owen Chow & Winnie Yu's lawyers argue that High Court did not give them a fair trial as the judges kept interrupting, asking 45% of questions
💡That's no surprise when the judges were appointed by the govt & the govt is the prosecutor🙄
https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/16/2-jailed-hong-kong-activists-had-unfair-trial-lawyers-tell-court-in-appeals-against-subversion-convictions/
.#HongKong government, glad to have your attention.
If British citizen #JimmyLai is receiving "suitable" care, why not allow
🔸Consular access for @UKinHongKong?
🔸Independent medical assessment?
🔸Political access for UK govt officials?
#FreeJimmyLai
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202507/16/P2025071600867.htm?fontSize=1
Did we touch a nerve?
#HongKong's govt is again aggressively telling the world to leave them to it as they persecute an innocent man in inhumane conditions ⏬
As #HK warns to "Beware of health of elderly persons with chronic medical conditions" in 33/92° temps, @MarkLClifford writes on the terrible impact on #HongKong's reputation of continuing to detain 77-year-old diabetes sufferer #JimmyLai.
#FreeJimmyLai
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-perilous-pressure-of-jimmy-lais-prosecution-china-hong-kong-prison-4721a93b?st=KvFw6R
As #HK warns to "Beware of health of elderly persons with chronic medical conditions" in 33/92° temps, @MarkLClifford writes on the terrible impact on #HongKong's reputation of continuing to detain 77-year-old diabetes sufferer #JimmyLai.
#FreeJimmyLai
Opinion | The Perilous Pressure of Jimmy Lai’s Prosecution
As the 77-year-old publisher spends another summer in prison, Hong Kong should seek a way out of a situation tha...
www.wsj.com
🚨Terrifying news for #HongKong activists and others at risk if the government approves the new #China super-embassy in #London.
We look forward to @HumanRightsCtte #TransnationalRepression Inquiry report and measures to safeguard those at risk.
Russia, Iran and China intensifying life-threatening operations in UK, police say
Russia, Iran and China are behind a growing number of life-threatening operations in Britain including attacks and k...
www.reuters.com
Thank you @RepNateMoran for meeting with us and for your steadfast support of our cause. The #CCP & the #HongKong authorities must be held accountable for their ongoing repression. We look forward to working together to safeguard the freedom and human rights of the people in HK.
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @frances_hui & @elishamaldonado write that #NewZealand judge William Young should know better than to lend his prestige to judicial persecution in #HongKong.
He should do the decent thing: Resign from its Court of Final Appeal.
https://thecfhk.org/whitewashing-repression-a-retired-new-zealand-judge-lends-credibility-to-hong-kongs-crackdown/
📖Thanks to @LibraryFloyd for hosting @MarkLClifford to talk about the #HongKong he loves, how #JimmyLai embodies #HK's entrepreneurial spirit & his impact on its fight for #democracy.
#FloydMemorialLibrary
#FreeJimmyLai
#DemocracyMatters
