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7 days ago5 min read
Hong Kongers Protest Beijing’s London Mega-Embassy
TOP NEWS On Saturday, the CFHK Foundation joined more than 3,000 members of the Chinese, Hong Kong, Tibetan, and Uyghur diaspora to...
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7 days ago5 min read
Hong Kongers Protest Beijing’s London Mega-Embassy
TOP NEWS On Saturday, the CFHK Foundation joined more than 3,000 members of the Chinese, Hong Kong, Tibetan, and Uyghur diaspora to...
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Feb 73 min read
Jimmy Lai Marks 1500 Days in Jail
TOP NEWS Jimmy Lai marks 1,500 days in prison today, February 7. The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation called for...
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Jan 314 min read
CFHK Foundation Rings in New Year with Human Rights Push
TOP NEWS On Tuesday at the Hudson Institute, human rights groups including the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation...
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Jan 245 min read
Hong Kong Sanctions Act Targets Officials Complicit in Crackdown
TOP NEWS Representatives Young Kim and Jim McGovern introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday,...
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Jan 173 min read
Relief for US-based Hong Kongers
TOP NEWS The outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for certain Hong...
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Jan 114 min read
Bountied Hong Kongers Make Waves
TOP NEWS The British parliament hosted an urgent debate Tuesday after former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel and Mark Sewards MP asked...
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Jan 33 min read
CFHK Foundation Wraps 2024
Dear Reader, Happy New Year and welcome back. We hope you enjoyed a restful break – at least more restful than ours, which was...
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Dec 27, 20242 min read
Wanted: CFHK Foundation’s Chloe Cheung for Pro-Democracy Activism
TOP NEWS Hong Kong authorities on Christmas Eve issued a HK$1 million bounty for information regarding six overseas pro-democracy...
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Dec 20, 20245 min read
Jimmy Lai Named Person of the Year 2024
TOP NEWS Jimmy Lai was named person of the year by award-winning journalist Tina Brown. “When media outlets are rushing to name heroes of...
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Dec 13, 20245 min read
Pro-democracy Defenders Attacked by Thugs Guilty of ‘Rioting’
TOP NEWS Former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six others were found guilty of rioting in connection with the 2019 Yuen...
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Dec 6, 20244 min read
‘I Don’t Think I’ve Done Anything Illegal, but I’ve Been in Jail for Four Years.’
TOP NEWS The British parliament on Thursday hosted a debate on UK nationals arbitrarily detained overseas that spotlighted the case of...
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Nov 29, 20243 min read
Transnational Repression Testimony and Treasury Banking Pressure
TOP NEWS Frances Hui, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the CFHK Foundation on Tuesday testified to Canadian parliament regarding her...
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Nov 22, 20244 min read
CFHK Foundation Rallies Congressional Support for Hong Kong Political Prisoners
TOP NEWS Members of Congress including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) Chair Rep....
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Nov 15, 20243 min read
CFHK Foundation Advocates Testify in UK Parliament on Jimmy Lai, Call for Robust Response to Hong Kong 47 Sentencing
TOP NEWS Ambassador James Cunningham, Chairman of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation testified at the UK...
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Nov 8, 20243 min read
U.S. Consul General Says Treatment of Political Prisoners Must Improve
TOP NEWS Gregory May, the U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong, said that Hong Kong must improve the treatment of political prisoners before...
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
CFHK Foundation Testifies in Canadian Parliament on Hong Kong’s Growing Role as a Center of Sanctions Evasion
TOP NEWS Samuel Bickett, author of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation report , “Beneath the Harbor: Hong Kong’s...
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Oct 25, 20243 min read
CFHK Foundation Condemns Bloomberg Forum for Hosting Hong Kong Financial Secretary
TOP NEWS Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan spoke at Bloomberg 's Global Regulatory Forum in New York City, alongside U.S....
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Oct 18, 20243 min read
UK Foreign Secretary Visits Beijing as Calls for Jimmy Lai’s Release Grow
TOP NEWS UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Beijing today for a two-day visit in a bid to improve UK-China relations. Pressure...
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Oct 11, 20243 min read
CFHK Foundation Heads to Ottawa to Meet Canadian Parliamentarians and Government Officials
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation travelled to Ottawa this week to meet with Senators and MPs about the...
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Oct 4, 20243 min read
Amnesty International Recognises Jimmy Lai, Chow Hang-tung, and China’s Ding Jiaxi as Prisoners of Conscience
TOP NEWS Amnesty International has declared Jimmy Lai, the former owner of the Apple Daily newspaper, fellow Hong Kong activist Chow...
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Sep 27, 20244 min read
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Betrays British Values
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation condemns the British Chamber (BritCham) of Commerce in Hong Kong for...
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Sep 20, 20244 min read
U.S. Congress marks four years since Jimmy Lai’s arrest, calls for his immediate release
TOP NEWS U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hosted an event at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday...
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Sep 13, 20243 min read
U.S. House Passes Bill to Close Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices
TOP NEWS The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act (HR...
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Sep 6, 20243 min read
Gwyneth Ho: Refusing to Play Along with the Charade of Hong Kong’s Show Trial
TOP NEWS Former journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Gwyneth Ho chose not to submit a mitigation statement that could have reduced...
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Aug 30, 20243 min read
Another blow to press freedom as Stand News editors found guilty of sedition
TOP NEWS Two editors from the defunct pro-democracy news outlet Stand News were found guilty of sedition on Thursday. The two-year long...
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Aug 23, 20242 min read
Hong Kong Press Freedom Falls to Record Low
TOP NEWS The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) released its annual press freedom index on Tuesday, and gave Hong Kong a score of...
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Aug 16, 20244 min read
British Judge Upholds Conviction of Jimmy Lai and Pro-Democracy Advocates
TOP NEWS Hong Kong’s top court unanimously rejected a bid by media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy figures, including...
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Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nancy Pelosi Backs Hong Kong Sanctions Act in U.S. Congress
U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined bipartisan Congressional efforts to pass the Hong Kong Sanctions Act (H.R. 6153) by signing o
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Aug 2, 20243 min read
In Hong Kong, You Need "Permission from the Authorities" to Complain "About the Authorities"
TOP NEWS A Hong Kong court convicted the pro-democracy activist Owen Chow and his solicitor Phyllis Woo for removing a complaint form...
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Jul 26, 20243 min read
Hong Kong’s Key Role in Sanctions Evasion and Illicit Finance
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation released a report titled “ Beneath the Harbor: Hong Kong’s Leading...
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Jul 19, 20244 min read
U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin Leads Effort to Free Jimmy Lai
TOP NEWS U.S. Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin announced he will sponsor Hong Kong political prisoner Jimmy Lai and lead an effort...
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Jul 12, 20243 min read
Hong Kong Court Hears Pleas for Leniency in Landmark National Security Case
TOP NEWS Mitigation hearings for the trial of the Hong Kong 47 continued throughout this week, began with pleas for shorter sentences...
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Jul 5, 20243 min read
Dictatorship Awards: Hong Kong Government Honours Architects of New National Security Law
TOP NEWS On Monday, the twenty-seventh anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, the government released its annual honours list of...
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Jun 28, 20243 min read
Freedom’s Fruit: Authorities Crushed Apple Daily 3 Years Ago but the Fight for Hong Kong’s Rights Continues
TOP NEWS This week the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation placed a full-page ad in The New York Times commemorating...
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Jun 21, 20242 min read
Canadian Judge Renewed With Singapore Court Before Resigning From Hong Kong Court
TOP NEWS National Post , a Canadian newspaper, reported that Beverley McLachlin renewed her appointment on the Singapore International...
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Jun 14, 20243 min read
Third Foreign Judge Resigns From Hong Kong’s Highest Court
TOP NEWS Canada's only judge on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, Beverley McLachlin, said that she will retire from her seat on Hong...
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Jun 7, 20244 min read
Foreign Judges Resign From Top Hong Kong Court
TOP NEWS Lord Lawrence Collins of Mapesbury and Lord Jonathan Sumption have resigned their positions from the Hong Kong Court of Final...
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May 31, 20243 min read
The CFHK Foundation Condemns Conviction of Hong Kong Democracy Leaders and Hong Kong Government’s Visit to the U.S.
TOP NEWS This week, Hong Kong courts convicted 14 democracy activists in the city’s largest national security trial . They are among 47...
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May 24, 20243 min read
CFHK Foundation urges Italian lawmakers to shut Milan HKETO
TOP NEWS Mark Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation, and Mark Sabah, UK and EU Director of the...
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May 17, 20242 min read
‘Lending Prestige to Persecution’: Why Foreign Judges Should Quit Hong Kong’s Top Court
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation released a report authored by Alyssa Fong, Public Affairs and Advocacy...
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May 10, 20243 min read
CFHK Foundation Details Chinese Influence in Scottish Education
TOP NEWS This week, the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation organised a panel discussion about Chinese influence on the...
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May 3, 20242 min read
Week of Liberty: Labour Rights and Press Freedom
TOP NEWS This week, with Labour Day falling on Wednesday, May 1st, and World Press Freedom Day following closely on Friday, May 3rd, CFHK...
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Apr 26, 20242 min read
UK and EU Hit Out at Erosion of Freedom in Hong Kong
TOP NEWS The UK Minister for Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, met with Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, ...
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Apr 19, 20243 min read
London Says Beijing in “ongoing state of non-compliance” with Hong Kong Treaty
TOP NEWS The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs published its latest Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong ...
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Apr 12, 20242 min read
Jimmy Lai Trial Observer Deported from Hong Kong
TOP NEWS Taipei-based Advocacy Officer Aleksandra Bielakowska from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was deported from Hong Kong upon...
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Apr 5, 20242 min read
Hong Kongers Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Global Scholars
TOP NEWS The Global Scholars for Hong Kong have nominated five Hongkongers for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Jimmy Lai, Chow...
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Mar 29, 20243 min read
Hong Kong Government Continues Attacks on Western Coverage
TOP NEWS The UK identified 2 malicious cyber campaigns run by China targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians. The UK...
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Mar 22, 20243 min read
Hong Kong’s Freedom Dims Further with Passage of Article 23 Security Legislation
TOP NEWS Hong Kong’s “patriots-only” Legislative Council (Legco) unanimously passed Article 23 national security legislation in record...
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
NEWSLETTER: CFHK Foundation Calls for Hong Kong Sanctions
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation opposes Hong Kong’s proposed Safeguarding National Security Bill , or...
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Mar 8, 20243 min read
NEWSLETTER: The CFHK Foundation Salutes Hong Kong Activists on International Women’s Day
TOP NEWS The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation highlights Hong Kong activists on International Women’s Day. On...
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