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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
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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:
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
Thank you @RepMoylan for cosponsoring the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act (HR733). It was an honor to meet w/ your office earlier to discuss #HongKong issues & we are grateful for your support. We will continue to push on the legislation to hold responsible individuals…
5 years from #YuenLongAttack, we remember & salute the bravery of #GwynethHo, who was instrumental in bringing the truth of the #China / #HK state-sponsored violence to light through her reporting for #StandNews
Read her story:
The Gwyneth Ho Story: a young journalist who quit the BBC to make a stand for Hong Kong - The...
This blog is authored by Howard Zhang, a former BBC reporter and editor for nearly 24 years. He was head
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1/ Under Police Commissioner Joe Chow, #HongKong is rapidly catching up with #China as a #surveillancestate deploying huge resources to restrict #HongKongers' basic rights
This is why we support @committeeonccp calls for @StateDept to sanction him
Hong Kong to add 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras within 2 years
The Hong Kong Police Force will add a total of 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras across the city within two y...
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Important from @yingyuchen9 on impact of #Boston jury decision to acquit a man accused of being a #China agent despite strong evidence of him harassing & intimidating @thecfhk's @frances_hui & other #HongKong democracy activists
#TransnationalRepression
How China hounds pro-democracy activists in Boston - The Boston Globe
Dissidents in exile in the US face surveillance, harassment, and sometimes threats from agents linked to the Chinese government.
www.bostonglobe.com
6 years ago today: here's how the #YuenLongAttack unfolded.
It wasn’t just thugs with rods, it was state-enabled terror against innocent protesters. A night when the #HongKong police abandoned their duty & their dignity but #HK reporters like #GwynethHo showed the value of…
The squeeze on freedom of information and expression in #HongKong continues as the authorities lean on the House of Hong Kong Literature’s book fair and force it to close.
Such a shame to see this happening to #HK's once vibrant literary scene.
Hong Kong literary organisation calls off book fair, citing ‘factors beyond our control’
A Hong Kong literary organisation has said it was forced to call off a book fair, citing “factors beyond our ...
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👏👏@michaelcaster for highlighting dangers of foreign owners taking outsized stakes in 🇬🇧 media
In #HK, the #CCP has overseen the sharpest decline in #PressFreedom ever seen by @RSF_inter
The UK would certainly be unwise to allow #China apologist John Thornton - whose advisory…
#China must not be allowed to seize narrative influence over UK media or its global distribution, @article19org urges House of Lords to block Chinese influence and halt foreign media ownership https://www.article19.org/resources/uk-house-of-lords-must-block-chinese-influence-and-halt-foreign-media-ownership/
Indy media & booksellers are both under the financial microscope in #HongKong because they dare to tell truths the #CCP does not like.
Exclusive: ‘Is it a coincidence?’ – Hong Kong independent bookstores, publishers face simultaneous...
When bookshop owner Leticia Wong goes out to eat with friends, she no longer pays the bill first and then has ...
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👏Congrats to the #HongKong community for their efforts in bringing this forward.
🗓️Mark your calendar: a debate on the terms of #BNOvisas is scheduled for 8 September
Keep signing the petition, stay updated, and write to your MP with your views: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727356
🚨@WSJ: Wells Fargo executive Chenyue Mao, an Atlanta-based director, was blocked from leaving #China after a business trip.
Wells Fargo is now pausing ALL travel to China.
Keep calling it “open for business,” just know you might not get to leave.😉
Exclusive | U.S.-Based Wells Fargo Banker Blocked From Leaving China
Chinese authorities have placed an exit ban on a China-born executive after she entered the country recently. The bank has suspended travel to China.
www.wsj.com
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