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The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation supports democracy & the rule of law for Hong Kong, campaigns on behalf of political prisoners and fights China/CCP interference #FreeJimmyLai #HongKong47
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NEWSLETTER: UK govt ignores #HongKongers, residents & allies to hand #China Europe's largest embassy as Chow Hang-tung, Albert Ho & Lee Cheuk-yan face 10 yrs in prison for remembering #Tiananmen.

🔗https://thecfhk.org/red-flag-over-london-u-k-greenlights-chinas-mega-embassy-despite-security-uproar/
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Heralding her arrival as
@thecfhk.bsky.social's new global head of communications,
Elisha Maldonado reflects on a decade spent turning #HongKongers' stories into impactful journalism and advocacy.

thecfhk.org/turning-hong...
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
Our staffer @chloecheung.bsky.social reacts to today's U.K. govt decision to approve #China's mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court in #London:

“I’m deeply angry & disappointed at the government’s decision to ignore the opposition of so many..."

Full statement: thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
NEWSLETTER: U.S. Congress readies #HongKong legislation, mitigation ends in #JimmyLai's trial and we remember #HK investor and freedom advocate David Webb.

thecfhk.org/hong-kong-le...
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: In memory of David Webb, the brilliant mind behind Webb-site.com who sadly passed away this week, our president Mark Clifford recalls why the freedom-fighting activist shareholder was loved and respected by so many in #HongKong.

thecfhk.org/remembering-...
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
👏👏 @olliesun.bsky.social for nailing all the reasons why approving #China's #London embassy would be a terrible idea for Britain & #HongKongers.

@chloecheung.bsky.social told @thesun.co.uk: “Don't approve it. It will be a spy hub that would harm everyone in the UK”
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3790178...
How China's 'terrifying' new London embassy could house a spy FACTORY
STARING at the site of China’s planned mega- embassy in the heart of London, Hong Kong democracy campaigner Chloe Cheung shudders and declares: “It terrifies me.” Little wonder. For articulate and …
www.thesun.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
Great to hear that Irish PM Micheál Martin raised #JimmyLai with Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Ireland doing the right thing by keeping #HumanRights on the agenda.

Now will @Keir_Starmer do the same for his own citizen when he visits?

#FreeJimmyLai

www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Taoiseach's China visit tests Ireland's global position
While Micheál Martin was in China for an official visit aimed at improving economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing, it ended up being events on the other side of the world that garnered much of the ...
www.rte.ie
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
STATEMENT: Mitigation pleas have begun in #JimmyLai's trial in #HongKong.

@thecfhk.bsky.social President Mark Clifford said the charade reminds us of the suffering endured not just by Lai but his #AppleDaily co-defendants, too.

Read the full statement: thecfhk.org/hong-kong-co...
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
NEWSLETTER: Lord Sumption's takedown of the #JimmyLai verdict causes confusion about the basis of #HongKong law as Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP calls for sanctions on the #HK officials responsible in @houseofcommons.parliament.uk ...

🔗https://thecfhk.org/attacks-on-jimmy-lai-verdict-anger-beijing/
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @fortifyrights.bsky.social senior Director Ben Rogers warns of dark days for #HongKong & calls on world leaders including UK PM Keir Starmer to put #FreeJimmyLai & the freedom of all #HK political prisoners at the heart of upcoming talks with Beijing.

thecfhk.org/2026-opens-w...
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
#Australia's govt said it was "deeply concerned" by #JimmyLai's guilty verdict - but nothing from the judiciary in #Canberra or #Sydney.

Could that be because they're too busy having tea with #HongKong's National Security Law judges?

Shame!

bitterwinter.org/jimmy-lai-th...
Jimmy Lai: The (Not So Honorable) Australian Connection
The National Security Law sent the dissident to jail. Australia hosted and honored a trio of Hong Kong National Security Law judges in March 2025.
bitterwinter.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🗞️NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social leads reaction to #JimmyLai's travesty of a guilty verdict in #HongKong as pressure mounts for Western leaders to take a stand on #FreeJimmyLai.

thecfhk.org/pressure-on-...
January 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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article19.bsky.social
ARTICLE 19 joined @thecfhk.bsky.social + more than 50 orgs in urging President Donald Trump + Congress to take action following the verdict against Jimmy Lai –  a grave escalation of Beijing's crackdown on press freedom and political dissent.

#FreeJimmyLai

www.article19.org/resources/ho...
Hong Kong: US must take action following Jimmy Lai verdict - ARTICLE 19
Following the verdict against Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong, the US must take action to secure his release and protect free expression.
www.article19.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
@mbrooker.bsky.social reviews Martin Thorley's must-read new book, "All That Glistens," on how the CCP expertly exploits UK elites' greed & naivety in its own interests.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
What the West Keeps Getting Wrong About China
Britain’s so-called golden era of relations with China ended ignominiously and has few defenders left. Yet have the lessons of this epochal misstep really been learned? For all the greater weight give...
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
Trump can bring the hammer down by sanctioning Chinese & #HongKong officials who targeted #JimmyLai, including the prosecutors who brought the sham charges & the 3 CCP-lapdog judges who convicted him - proving the US won’t sit back & watch freedom fighters get railroaded.

nypost.com/2025/12/29/o...
Trump should stand up for fellow lawfare victim Jimmy Lai
President Trump and Congress have plenty of leverage to force Hong Kong and its Chinese Communist Party overlords to release pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.
nypost.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
1/4 More than 50 global rights organizations have joined @thecfhk.bsky.social in urging President Trump and Congress to act promptly to secure the release of #HongKong publisher #JimmyLai, following his December conviction under Beijing’s National Security Law...

thecfhk.org/global-right...
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
On this day in 2021, Stand News shut down after police raids and arrests of senior staff - part of #HongKong authorities' ongoing assault on #PressFreedom.

Today, we honour their reporting and remember those sentenced to jail time simply for doing their jobs.

#journalismisnotacrime
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
Claire Lai, daughter of British #HongKong pro-democracy publisher #JimmyLai, fears her 78-year-old father will die a “martyr” in prison after guilty verdict.

#FreeJimmyLai

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Jimmy Lai’s daughter fears jailed Hong Kong activist will die a ‘martyr’
78-year-old publishing tycoon’s health has declined sharply in his five years in custody, family warns
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to our Policy & Advocacy Junior Manager @chloecheung.bsky.social for making it on to @thetimes.com 2025 Alternative Honours List for her work in support of #HongKong freedoms!

There will surely be more to come in 2026!

www.thetimes.com/article/sund...
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
NEWSLETTER: Highlights of an impactful year yet in the fight for #HongKong's freedoms across advocacy, research, and media.

thecfhk.org/our-year-in-...
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @joeysiu.bsky.social reflects on complicated emotions at a difficult time of year for diaspora #HongKongers in exile, and offers thoughts on ways to feel more connected to loved ones in #HongKong.

thecfhk.org/for-hong-kon...
December 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
thecfhk.bsky.social
NEWSLETTER: The world calls for #HongKong to #FreeJimmyLai, we call for sanctions on the officials responsible for his sham trial and guilty verdict, and pressure builds on British PM Keir Starmer to show some backbone in his dealings with #China.

thecfhk.org/global-outra...
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @hkc-no.bsky.social's @melsom.bsky.social writes on #Norway's abandonment of human rights principles in its foreign policy in its lack of response to #JimmyLai's guilty verdict and embrace of #HongKong and #China.

thecfhk.org/no-reaction-...
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
thecfhk.bsky.social
#HongKong's courts has been compromised and politicized in the past 5 years - #JimmyLai's guilty verdict is a stamp of proof that the court system is no longer the system that we once respected, @franceshui.bsky.social tells @npr.org's @emilyzfeng.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Hong Kong court convicts pro-democracy activist and mogul Jimmy Lai
The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his guilty verdict.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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liberatehk.se
Mark Clifford with @thecfhk.bsky.social writes in the NYTimes:

"Trump Said Freeing Jimmy Lai Would Be Easy. He Should Prove It."

tinyurl.com/2bwfnnxy

#JimmyLai #FreeJimmyLai #NSL #HongKong
Opinion | Trump Said Freeing Jimmy Lai Would Be Easy. He Should Prove It.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM