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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 26, 2025
Woke up to the terrifying news that the UK is approving the #ChinaMegaEmbassy. Utterly spineless decision ignoring intel, locals, and those targeted by transnational repression. A gutless move. They’ll regret it, and they’ll have only themselves to blame.
📰NEWSLETTER: Who are the 6 unidentified individuals (and 1 organisation) caught up in #HongKong's latest national security swoop?
Plus a campaign to make #JimmyLai an honorary Canadian, @funnyasiandude takes tainted tourism 🧧& more.
https://thecfhk.org/mystery-surrounds-latest-national-security-law-probe/
It's a DISGRACE that eminent #NewZealand judge William Young is helping whitewash repression in #HongKong by serving on its Court of Final Appeal.
Foreign judges must stop lending prestige to persecution in Hong Kong and quit the CFA today.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/world-news/360728033/why-nz-judge-should-resign-judicial-role-hong-kong
(1/3) Grateful to our ally @HelenMaguireMP for asking Security Minister @DanJarvisMBE whether #HongKongers in the UK were consulted in the Transnational Repression (TNR) review.
We look forward to seeing what “further engagement is planned” for the #HongKong community.
For 26 years, #AppleDaily, the publication founded by #JimmyLai 30 years ago today, went where others feared to tread.
Long live the spirit of Apple Daily. Long live #PressFreedom.
1/2 In @ThePost, @MarkLClifford writes on why William Young should quit #HongKong's top court:
"It’s a disgrace that Judge Young now works in a jurisdiction controlled by such a repressive government after his long and distinguished service in New Zealand. He should resign…
We @thecfhk support the MPs urging the UK govt to keep its promise to #HongKongers when they fled repression in #HongKong for Britain under the BNO scheme.
5 years for citizenship was the promise.
5 years (not 10!) is all they should have to wait.
Govt urged to keep citizenship promise to Hong Kongers - after threat to double timeline
Sir Keir Starmer announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status.
news.sky.com
#HongKong's plummet from international finance centre to hub for sanctions evasion and illicit finance takes the breath away.
Hard to think of a city that has fallen so far, so fast outside of wartime.
@newsgovhk Hong Kong continues in a downward spiral. @InvestHKNY is now only site we can access as @InvestHK is locked...
- Tells you all you need to know about operating in HK when their investment site has to lock.
@hkfp @hkdc_us @hk_watch @thecfhk @InvestHK_LDN @InvestHKSF…
Grateful to have met @BenMaguireNC recently to discuss the threats #HongKongers are facing, threats they should not be facing here in the #UK.
We expect real action from this government to take #TransnationalRepression seriously.
@HumanRightsCtte @DanJarvisMBE
Grateful to have met @BenMaguireNC recently to discuss the threats #HongKongers are facing, threats they should not be facing here in the #UK.
We expect real action from this government to take transnational repression seriously.
@HumanRightsCtte @DanJarvisMBE
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