David on Formosa<p>73 human rights and press freedom organisations have written a joint letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. It calls on the PM to secure Jimmy Lai's release from prison so he can travel to the UK to receive medical care and be with his family </p><p><a href="https://www.nchrd.org/2025/08/joint-letter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-the-urgent-release-of-jimmy-lai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nchrd.org/2025/08/joint-letter</span><span class="invisible">-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-the-urgent-release-of-jimmy-lai/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeJimmyLai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeJimmyLai</span></a></p>
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Amnesty International call for the immediate release of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
"The authorities’ cruel persecution of Jimmy Lai is motivated solely by his exercise of the right to freedom of expression and commitment to press freedoms. He is a prisoner of conscience, and the Hong Kong authorities must release him immediately and unconditionally, drop the charges and expunge all his criminal convictions."
Amnesty International · Hong Kong: Prisoner of conscience Jimmy Lai must be released as national security trial resumesAhead of this week’s resumption of the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and founder of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The years-long pre-trial incarceration of a 76-year-old man simply because his newspaper dared to criticize the government and report public discussions lays […]
英國首相施紀賢 Keir Starmer 在國會承諾，敦促香港政府釋放英國公民黎智英 #FreeJimmyLai 是工黨政府的優先工作之一
https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2024/10/blog-post_36.html
europechinese.blogspot.com施紀賢承諾爭取釋放黎智英 黎崇恩：冀英有實際行動盛傳英國外相林德偉（David Lammy）快將展開履新後首次訪中行程之際， 首相施紀賢（Keir Starmer，右截圖）星期三表示 ，敦促香港政府釋放英國公民黎智英是工黨政府的優先工作之一。
"Jimmy Lai, make no mistake, is in prison currently for conspiracy to commit journalism and for running a newspaper [that] had an unashamedly pro-democratic, pro-human rights, anti-corruption editorial line from the outset" - Caoilfhionn Gallagher, leader of Jimmy Lai's international legal team
SBS News'Slowly killing him': Jimmy could've fled Hong Kong. He's being punished for stayingIn 2014, a series of sit-in protests led by students became a global symbol of resistance. But since then, freedoms in Hong Kong have further eroded, with one of the city’s leading pro-democracy figures facing life in prison.
**BREAKING**
Urgent Appeal on Jimmy Lai’s prison conditions filed with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Read our statement here, with response from Sebastien Lai & Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (@caoilfhionnanna):
https://t.co/0pe5G1jjIz
#FreeJimmyLai
@UN_SPExperts
Hell yes - 
@Independent for running this campaign.
#FreeJimmyLai
@Independent for running this campaign.
#FreeJimmyLai 
Thanks Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa for speaking on #JimmyLai at #IPACTaipei24 Summit.
And, thanks Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC for tireless campaign for #JimmyLai. Great to hear you again at #IPAC summit. Last year, heard you talk about Jimmy Lai’s case in Prague and this year in Taipei.
Jimmy Lai "is inhabited by a rare spiritual strength,” said Benedict Rogers, a British human rights activist and... a longtime friend of Jimmy Lai
“His faith is central to his existence,” confided the founder of Hong Kong Watch
#FreeJimmyLai
https://t.co/mJKvqXjVBAEvan Gershkovich from @WSJ has been sentenced to 16 years by Russia after a sham trial. This is an outrageous assault on press freedom. He should be released immediately along with any other journalists being detained for the “crime” of journalism #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeJimmyLai
Jimmy Lai's son Sebastien speaks out on behalf of his father who remains in prison in Hong Kong on charges under Hong Kong's national security law. The law has been used to target activists who have participated in protests and supported Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Interview with Jimmy Lai's son, Sebastien Lai, about his father's three years in jail and the ongoing struggle for freedom in Hong Kong
The Saturday Paper · Jimmy Lai and the fight for Hong Kong’s democracy
I might get internationally wanted for saying this, but at this point, I don't care.
Free Jimmy Jai!
#FreeJimmyLai #freehongkong
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@forthy42 @m_hundhausen So gut wie alle privaten Klimaanlagen in HK können beides, da es im Januar, Februar für HK-Verhältnisse kalt werden kann. So um die 10 Grad.
In DE sind solche oder bessere Split-Geräte noch selten.
Die Verbreitung der Geräte wird sich historisch eher an dem Zeitpunkt des Anschlusses an ein Stromnetz und des kWh-Preises orientieren.
Was chin. Massenmörder in dieser Diskussion verloren haben sollen, weisst auch nur du.
Looking forward to joining this panel tonight with my friends @MarkLClifford @frances_hui @tozzi_piero #FreeJimmyLai #IRFSummit2024 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1752443762309988459#m
@hk_watch RT by @benedictrogers: We are looking forward to tonight's panel discussion and screening of The Hong Konger, the @ActonInstitute documentary about Jimmy Lai. There will be a panel discussion with @benedictrogers @frances_hui @MarkLClifford and @tozzi_piero #IRFSummit2024 #FreeJimmyLai https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hk_watch/status/1752414944715239438#m
R to @hk_watch: Here is the link to watch the Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7uyZMp6p0s Thank you to @IRFSummit for hosting this event and @thecfhk and @ActonInstitute for sponsoring it. #IRFSummit2024 #FreeJimmyLai https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hk_watch/status/1752415106644758863#m