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:
🗞️NEWSLETTER: #HongKong police issue new bounties as the UK govt triggers panic among #HongKongers with new extradition legislation.
Read our weekly news round up here: https://thecfhk.org/extradition-reports-unsettle-uk-hong-kongers/
🚨#HK's govt is issuing more bounties for #HongKongers reportedly based in #US #uk #Canada #Australia #Taiwan & #Thailand
#HongKong govt's #TransnationalRepression is expanding globally - it won't stop unless govts take a stand
@HumanRightsCtte
BREAKING: Nat. sec police issue HK$200K bounties for 15 Hongkongers wanted for involvement in...
Hong Kong national security police have issued a new round of arrest warrants and offered a HK$200,000 bounty for ...
hongkongfp.com
This is at v least an epic comms fail from UK government
New extradition rules for #HongKongers, many of whom fled #HK after protesting against extradition laws imposed by #China caused total panic
@FCDOGovUK @DavidLammy @DanJarvisMBE
Labour accused of betraying China's critics by opening up extraditions
Critics fear a legal change quietly announced by the Government will end the five-year ban on people being sent ...
www.dailymail.co.uk
👏👏 @Fhamiltontimes for examining implications of Labour's legal "sleight of hand" - opening door to #HongKong extradition on a case by case basis
The #CCP must be laughing while #HongKongers' trust in 🇬🇧's promise to keep them safe is at rock bottom
Labour ‘risking Hongkongers’ lives’ by reintroducing extradition
The government has been accused of emboldening China’s Communist Party by quietly making changes to the UK’s arrangements with the region
www.thetimes.com
🗞️STATEMENT: Essential that @DanJarvisMBE and @ukhomeoffice clarify this apparently appalling situation - that the 🇬🇧 government is considering reinstating extradition to #HongKong on a case by case basis - as early as possible.
https://thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundation-condemns-uk-government-plans-to-restart-extradition-with-hong-kong/
First Starmer handed British territory to China’s ally.
Now his Government wants to hand over Brits to the Chinese Communist Party Police on request.
Unbelievable. Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers moved to the UK after the 2019 pro‑democracy protests and the CCP’s takeover of #HongKong - many seeing the UK as their safe haven to speak freely.
@DanJarvisMBE - why would the govt put them back in the hands of the CCP?
🚨Completely agree with @aliciakearns - @DanJarvisMBE if this letter is accurate what are you thinking?
Repression in #HongKong has only worsened since extradition was suspended in 2020. 🇬🇧 citizen #JimmyLai remains wrongfully detained.
Surely this is a horrifying mistake?
Government plans to reintroduce extradition cooperation with Hong Kong are highly concerning.
Why does the Government deem this reasonable when freedom of expression, political freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong have been crushed by The National Security Law and the…
#HongKong authorities went defensive about keeping 77-year-old diabetic #JimmyLai in solitary, so @MarkLClifford responded in @NRO
"If #HK authorities are so sure about Lai’s wishes, give him the freedom to speak to independent international observers."
Hong Kong Authorities Are Hiding the Truth About Jimmy Lai | National Review
It will come as no surprise to those who are familiar with Xi Jinping’s rule that Lai is enduring inhumane treatment.
www.nationalreview.com
Excellent & thorough report from @HumanRightsCtte that says 🇬🇧 is falling behind 🇺🇸 &🇪🇺 in addressing forced labour in supply chains, esp regarding #China & #Xinjiang
Thanks @DavidAltonHL @HelenaKennedyKC & other members of the committee for all your hard work 👏
The UK risks being a dumping ground for goods made using forced labour.
No effective safeguards are in place to prevent these goods entering the UK and being sold to consumers.
Read our report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jtselect/jtrights/633/report.html