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Jimmy Lai marks 1,500 days in prison today, February 7. The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation called for British Foreign Secretary David Lammy to demand Jimmy Lai’s immediate release and for U.S. President Donald Trump to follow through on his campaign pledge to see him freed.
Former UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat MP supported our initiatives calling for the release of Jimmy Lai and echoed our call to “bring him home.”
Detailed updates of Jimmy Lai's ongoing national security trial are available here: Support Jimmy Lai.
U.S. - Hong Kong
CFHK Foundation staffers Frances Hui and Shannon Van Sant on Tuesday spoke at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit 2025 in Washington, D.C, which CFHK is proud to sponsor for a third year. They shared insights on the pressing challenges of transnational repression and the difficulty of reporting on religious persecution in Hong Kong and China, as well as potential policy solutions.
Frances Hui on Monday testified as a federal witness in a Boston court in a case against Liang Li-tang – an alleged PRC agent accused of spying on her and overseas Chinese associations. The case shows that efforts to extend the CCP’s repression on U.S. soil will be met with the full force of the law.
UK - Hong Kong
ARTICLE 19, the freedom of expression NGO, published an article in support of the “Jimmy Lai Bill,” introduced before the British Parliament last month, which seeks to enshrine a right that many assume already exists: guaranteed consular assess for arbitrarily detained British media workers. “It is an important law that could change the UK’s approach to protecting its citizens abroad,” the article said.
Tomorrow, we will gather outside the Royal Mint Court to protest plans to push through with a new PRC super embassy in London and to defend our communities from CCP repression and surveillance. UK-based bountied Hong Konger, Christopher Mung, who has been spied upon and harassed by the CCP, placed an op-ed in The Diplomat explaining how UK officials giving the “green light” to the plan would enable the Chinese government to further monitor and intimidate the diaspora from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and beyond.
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Europe - Hong Kong
Berlin-based China Table interviewed CFHK staffer Chloe Cheung about her HK$1 million bounty and the lack of support she has so far received from the UK government in her fight against CCP-led transnational repression.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong authorities continued a petty assault on the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), closing a football pitch for “repairs” just days before the press union was due to use it for the HKJA Cup. This is the second time the tournament has been postponed due to a last-minute change, as authorities continue to pressure the HKJA following member Selina Cheng’s controversial dismissal by The Wall Street Journal.
'Troublemaker' Updates
Jimmy Lai biographer Mark Clifford landed in London to attend two “Troublemaker” book events this week. The first, at the Bluebird Café in London, gathered 200 Jimmy Lai supporters and featured an address by Lord Patten of Barnes, the last British governor of Hong Kong.
Clifford also appeared in conversation with Ian Williams, author of “Vampire State: The Rise & Fall of the Chinese Economy,” at the Frontline Club, where he discussed the weakness of UK government efforts to support Jimmy Lai and potential avenues for his release.
Hong Kong Watch founder Benedict Rogers attended the Bluebird Café event and subsequently used his UCA News column to praise “The Troublemaker.” He also explored the absurdity of the charges against Jimmy Lai, whom he describes as one of the “most inspiring, remarkable, extraordinary people of immense courage and integrity I have ever had the privilege to meet.”
On January 31, Clifford joined National Press Club director Bill McCarren in Washington to discuss “The Troublemaker” and Jimmy Lai’s talent as an entrepreneur and media innovator. Later the same day, Clifford joined Wall Street Journal columnist Bill McGurn, who is Jimmy Lai’s godfather, for further discussion of Jimmy Lai’s life at the Politics and Prose bookstore.
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