CFHK Foundation
@thecfhk.bsky.social
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
Media inquiries: media@thecfhk.org.
Media inquiries: media@thecfhk.org.
Today in UK parliament, @chloecheung.bsky.social @iainduncansmithmp.bsky.social @billbrowder.bsky.social @uzraz.bsky.social & Finn Lau urged the UK govt to follow the lead of @usstatedept.bsky.social and sanction the #HongKong officials responsible for the national security crackdown in #HK.
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today in UK parliament, @chloecheung.bsky.social @iainduncansmithmp.bsky.social @billbrowder.bsky.social @uzraz.bsky.social & Finn Lau urged the UK govt to follow the lead of @usstatedept.bsky.social and sanction the #HongKong officials responsible for the national security crackdown in #HK.
📻With @philipingrammbe.bsky.social, 2025 #MagnitskyAwards recipient @chloecheung.bsky.social tells of escape from repression in #HongKong, her HK$1 million #HK police bounty, and how the UK's too cosy relationship with #China threatens #NationalSecurity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIN...
How China uses kidnapping, secret police stations and bribes to attack democracy | Chloe Cheung
YouTube video by Times Radio
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November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📻With @philipingrammbe.bsky.social, 2025 #MagnitskyAwards recipient @chloecheung.bsky.social tells of escape from repression in #HongKong, her HK$1 million #HK police bounty, and how the UK's too cosy relationship with #China threatens #NationalSecurity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIN...
Mark Clifford joins @bequelin.bsky.social &
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk #JimmyLai's life, dramatic childhood & rise from sleeping in #HK factories to helming one of Asia's biggest clothing retailers before a #Tiananmen inspired pivot to pro-democracy media.
#FreeJimmyLai
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk #JimmyLai's life, dramatic childhood & rise from sleeping in #HK factories to helming one of Asia's biggest clothing retailers before a #Tiananmen inspired pivot to pro-democracy media.
#FreeJimmyLai
t.co/4zgizy9Gih
https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-troublemaker
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Mark Clifford joins @bequelin.bsky.social &
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk #JimmyLai's life, dramatic childhood & rise from sleeping in #HK factories to helming one of Asia's biggest clothing retailers before a #Tiananmen inspired pivot to pro-democracy media.
#FreeJimmyLai
t.co/4zgizy9Gih
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk #JimmyLai's life, dramatic childhood & rise from sleeping in #HK factories to helming one of Asia's biggest clothing retailers before a #Tiananmen inspired pivot to pro-democracy media.
#FreeJimmyLai
t.co/4zgizy9Gih
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social testifies in #Canada’s Parliament on detention of #JimmyLai, The #UK gov't published an underwhelming response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights transnational repression report, plus all our other #HongKong news. 👇
🔗 thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
🔗 thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social testifies in #Canada’s Parliament on detention of #JimmyLai, The #UK gov't published an underwhelming response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights transnational repression report, plus all our other #HongKong news. 👇
🔗 thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
🔗 thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
📰NEWSLETTER: #Ottawa vows to probe #Canada's sanctions regime after our Backdoor to the Battlefield report exposes #HK enforcement gaps, #Italy joins fight to #FreeJimmyLai + all our other #HongKong news. 👇
🔗https://thecfhk.org/ottawa-vows-to-investigate-canadas-sanctions-regime-after-cfhk-report/
🔗https://thecfhk.org/ottawa-vows-to-investigate-canadas-sanctions-regime-after-cfhk-report/
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Sen. Giulio Terzi, president of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs, reflects on hosting #JimmyLai's son, Sebastien Lai, in the #Italian Senate & his government's subsequent commitment to join the fight to #FreeJimmyLai 👇
🔗 thecfhk.org/why-italy-mu...
🔗 thecfhk.org/why-italy-mu...
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Sen. Giulio Terzi, president of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs, reflects on hosting #JimmyLai's son, Sebastien Lai, in the #Italian Senate & his government's subsequent commitment to join the fight to #FreeJimmyLai 👇
🔗 thecfhk.org/why-italy-mu...
🔗 thecfhk.org/why-italy-mu...
🚨EVENT: Britain must follow @state-department.bsky.social by placing #Magnitsky-style sanctions on #HongKong officials responsible for the national security crackdown & imprisonment of 1,900+ political prisoners.
Join us in parliament Nov 13 to discuss UK sanctions policy.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eyG8UtkR
Join us in parliament Nov 13 to discuss UK sanctions policy.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eyG8UtkR
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🚨EVENT: Britain must follow @state-department.bsky.social by placing #Magnitsky-style sanctions on #HongKong officials responsible for the national security crackdown & imprisonment of 1,900+ political prisoners.
Join us in parliament Nov 13 to discuss UK sanctions policy.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eyG8UtkR
Join us in parliament Nov 13 to discuss UK sanctions policy.
RSVP: lnkd.in/eyG8UtkR
🕯️We join 90+ signatories including @amnesty.org &
@freedomhouse.bsky.social in urging #G7 & EU member states to call for the immediate release of #HongKongAlliance leaders Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan.
Read the statement: thecfhk.org/joint-ngo-le...
@freedomhouse.bsky.social in urging #G7 & EU member states to call for the immediate release of #HongKongAlliance leaders Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan.
Read the statement: thecfhk.org/joint-ngo-le...
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🕯️We join 90+ signatories including @amnesty.org &
@freedomhouse.bsky.social in urging #G7 & EU member states to call for the immediate release of #HongKongAlliance leaders Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan.
Read the statement: thecfhk.org/joint-ngo-le...
@freedomhouse.bsky.social in urging #G7 & EU member states to call for the immediate release of #HongKongAlliance leaders Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan.
Read the statement: thecfhk.org/joint-ngo-le...
🗞️PRESS RELEASE: #Italy joins international calls to #FreeJimmyLai after Davide Dionisi, the Italian foreign minister’s special envoy for the promotion of #religiousfreedom and the protection of religious minorities, meets with Sebastien Lai.
🔗Read the full release: thecfhk.org/italys-gover...
🔗Read the full release: thecfhk.org/italys-gover...
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE: #Italy joins international calls to #FreeJimmyLai after Davide Dionisi, the Italian foreign minister’s special envoy for the promotion of #religiousfreedom and the protection of religious minorities, meets with Sebastien Lai.
🔗Read the full release: thecfhk.org/italys-gover...
🔗Read the full release: thecfhk.org/italys-gover...
Great to see @theglobeandmail.com cover our new report with @rwchr.bsky.social, which exposes how #HongKong has become the backdoor channel funneling Canadian technology into #Russia’s war machine targeting #Ukraine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Hong Kong companies funnel Canadian tech to Russian army, report says
Canadian hardware found in Iranian drones Russia has deployed against Ukraine, watchdog finds
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Great to see @theglobeandmail.com cover our new report with @rwchr.bsky.social, which exposes how #HongKong has become the backdoor channel funneling Canadian technology into #Russia’s war machine targeting #Ukraine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social calls out #HongKong's Cardinal Chow for whitewashing religious persecution, HK groups protested against HK Finance Secretary Paul Chan’s visit to Washington DC & more.
Read here: thecfhk.org/cfhk-calls-o...
Read here: thecfhk.org/cfhk-calls-o...
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social calls out #HongKong's Cardinal Chow for whitewashing religious persecution, HK groups protested against HK Finance Secretary Paul Chan’s visit to Washington DC & more.
Read here: thecfhk.org/cfhk-calls-o...
Read here: thecfhk.org/cfhk-calls-o...
🗞️NEWSLETTER: #HongKong Finance Sec. Paul Chan is made to feel unwelcome in the US, #JimmyLai wins @globalfreemedia.bsky.social's World #PressFreedom Hero Award & we mark 10 years since #HK bookseller #GuiMinhai was disappeared by #PRC agents in Thailand. 👇
thecfhk.org/not-welcome-...
thecfhk.org/not-welcome-...
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🗞️NEWSLETTER: #HongKong Finance Sec. Paul Chan is made to feel unwelcome in the US, #JimmyLai wins @globalfreemedia.bsky.social's World #PressFreedom Hero Award & we mark 10 years since #HK bookseller #GuiMinhai was disappeared by #PRC agents in Thailand. 👇
thecfhk.org/not-welcome-...
thecfhk.org/not-welcome-...
🚨90 rights groups are calling for the release of Swedish/#HK publisher #GuiMinhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in #Thailand.
#China has disappeared Gui, with no updates on his whereabouts for the past 5 years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
thecfhk.org/joint-statem...
#China has disappeared Gui, with no updates on his whereabouts for the past 5 years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
thecfhk.org/joint-statem...
Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Swedish Publisher Gui Minhai - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
#China: A coalition of more than XX human rights NGOs, is calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. Gui has been ...
thecfhk.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨90 rights groups are calling for the release of Swedish/#HK publisher #GuiMinhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in #Thailand.
#China has disappeared Gui, with no updates on his whereabouts for the past 5 years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
thecfhk.org/joint-statem...
#China has disappeared Gui, with no updates on his whereabouts for the past 5 years.
#FreeGuiMinhai
thecfhk.org/joint-statem...
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RSF welcomes a new resolution adopted by European Parliament calling for the release of #Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, who was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand 10 years ago. #China must be pressured to release Gui Minhai. #FreeGuiMinhai
rsf.org/en/european-...
rsf.org/en/european-...
October 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
RSF welcomes a new resolution adopted by European Parliament calling for the release of #Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, who was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Thailand 10 years ago. #China must be pressured to release Gui Minhai. #FreeGuiMinhai
rsf.org/en/european-...
rsf.org/en/european-...
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social leads 53 rights groups urging the United Nations to act on #HongKong prison abuse, unites #HK allies at #LabourPartyConference & co-hosts 'Faith Under Siege' in Washington DC to spotlight Hong Kong's lack of #ReligiousFreedom 💪
thecfhk.org/activists-ch...
thecfhk.org/activists-ch...
October 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📰NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social leads 53 rights groups urging the United Nations to act on #HongKong prison abuse, unites #HK allies at #LabourPartyConference & co-hosts 'Faith Under Siege' in Washington DC to spotlight Hong Kong's lack of #ReligiousFreedom 💪
thecfhk.org/activists-ch...
thecfhk.org/activists-ch...
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We, along with 52 other rights groups, signed a joint letter to urgently raise serious concerns with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-l... @thecfhk.bsky.social
Joint letter: Systemic abuses in Hong Kong's prisons
On 30 September 2025, The Rights Practice signed a joint letter, along with 52 other rights groups, to urgently raise serious concerns regarding systemic abuses occurring in Hong Kong's prisons.
www.rights-practice.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We, along with 52 other rights groups, signed a joint letter to urgently raise serious concerns with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding systemic abuses occurring inside Hong Kong’s prisons. www.rights-practice.org/news/joint-l... @thecfhk.bsky.social
🗞️ Today, 52 rights groups urge UN High Commissioner on Human Rights @volkerturk.bsky.social & UN human rights bodies to investigate abuse in #HongKong prisons: solitary confinement, indoctrination, sexual assault & medical neglect against nearly 800 political prisoners:
thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🗞️ Today, 52 rights groups urge UN High Commissioner on Human Rights @volkerturk.bsky.social & UN human rights bodies to investigate abuse in #HongKong prisons: solitary confinement, indoctrination, sexual assault & medical neglect against nearly 800 political prisoners:
thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
🗞️NEWSLETTER: UN experts expose #HongKong’s transnational repression, @skynewsrss.bsky.social highlights threats against exiled activists, and Sebastien Lai warns time is running out for #JimmyLai. #FreeJimmyLai
➡️ Read more here: thecfhk.org/hong-kongers...
➡️ Read more here: thecfhk.org/hong-kongers...
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🗞️NEWSLETTER: UN experts expose #HongKong’s transnational repression, @skynewsrss.bsky.social highlights threats against exiled activists, and Sebastien Lai warns time is running out for #JimmyLai. #FreeJimmyLai
➡️ Read more here: thecfhk.org/hong-kongers...
➡️ Read more here: thecfhk.org/hong-kongers...
📰NEWSLETTER: US Senators urge Keir Starmer to work with President Trump to #FreeJimmyLai as @samuelbickett.bsky.social testifies to the U.S. Select Committee on the #CCP on #HongKong's role as an illicit finance & sanctions evasion hub for #Iran #Russia & #NorthKorea
thecfhk.org/pressure-mou...
thecfhk.org/pressure-mou...
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📰NEWSLETTER: US Senators urge Keir Starmer to work with President Trump to #FreeJimmyLai as @samuelbickett.bsky.social testifies to the U.S. Select Committee on the #CCP on #HongKong's role as an illicit finance & sanctions evasion hub for #Iran #Russia & #NorthKorea
thecfhk.org/pressure-mou...
thecfhk.org/pressure-mou...
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Thomas Fung of Bonham Tree Aid, a UK non-profit that supports #HongKong political prisoners, writes on how #HK's govt freezes 'freed' political prisoners out of society by denying them bank access & employment opportunities. 🔥
READ: thecfhk.org/even-after-p...
READ: thecfhk.org/even-after-p...
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Thomas Fung of Bonham Tree Aid, a UK non-profit that supports #HongKong political prisoners, writes on how #HK's govt freezes 'freed' political prisoners out of society by denying them bank access & employment opportunities. 🔥
READ: thecfhk.org/even-after-p...
READ: thecfhk.org/even-after-p...
🗞️NEWSLETTER: Members of Congress speak up for #HongKong freedoms, Rep. Chris Smith vows to investigate systemic abuse and political control in #HK's prisons, and officials respond with denial and deflection.
🔗https://thecfhk.org/there-is-torture-in-hong-kong-and-we-have-to-expose-it/
🔗https://thecfhk.org/there-is-torture-in-hong-kong-and-we-have-to-expose-it/
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE: Thanks to all Members of Congress, panellists and moderators who spoke at our 3rd Annual Symposium in support of #HongKong freedom in #WashingtonDC yesterday.
If you missed it, read the wrap: thecfhk.org/ccfhk-founda...
If you missed it, read the wrap: thecfhk.org/ccfhk-founda...
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🗞️PRESS RELEASE: Thanks to all Members of Congress, panellists and moderators who spoke at our 3rd Annual Symposium in support of #HongKong freedom in #WashingtonDC yesterday.
If you missed it, read the wrap: thecfhk.org/ccfhk-founda...
If you missed it, read the wrap: thecfhk.org/ccfhk-founda...
🚨REPORT: @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @franceshui.bsky.social spoke to 17 former prisoners to expose systemic abuse in #HongKong's prisons, incl:
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
'We Were Made to Suffer': Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong's Prisons - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
Drawing on in-depth interviews with former prisoners, corroborated by additional interviews and open-source records, this report reveals a prison system that has normalized abuse and neglect, suppress...
thecfhk.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚨REPORT: @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @franceshui.bsky.social spoke to 17 former prisoners to expose systemic abuse in #HongKong's prisons, incl:
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
- Prolonged & illegal solitary confinement
- Routine beatings & sexual violence
- Pro-Beijing political indoctrination
thecfhk.org/research/we-...
In @thehousemag.bsky.social, @chloecheung.bsky.social shares disillusionment after 'case by case' reopening of #HK extraditions:
'I've lost confidence in the govt's ability to ID politically motivated persecution & am deeply troubled by its approach to #HongKong'
politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
'I've lost confidence in the govt's ability to ID politically motivated persecution & am deeply troubled by its approach to #HongKong'
politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
A change in extradition rules could put Hong Kongers at risk of persecution from China
Security minister Dan Jarvis has redrafted extradition rules to allow for returns to Hong Kong on a “case by case” basis.
politicshome.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In @thehousemag.bsky.social, @chloecheung.bsky.social shares disillusionment after 'case by case' reopening of #HK extraditions:
'I've lost confidence in the govt's ability to ID politically motivated persecution & am deeply troubled by its approach to #HongKong'
politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
'I've lost confidence in the govt's ability to ID politically motivated persecution & am deeply troubled by its approach to #HongKong'
politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
📰NEWSLETTER: #JimmyLai's legal team file an urgent appeal to @DrAliceJEdwards on medical grounds, #HongKong CFA judge Sir William Young feels the heat from #NewZealand's Chief Justice on ethics concerns & we invite you to meet us in #WashingtonDC
🔗https://thecfhk.org/spotlight-on-jimmy-lais-health/
🔗https://thecfhk.org/spotlight-on-jimmy-lais-health/
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📰NEWSLETTER: #JimmyLai's legal team file an urgent appeal to @DrAliceJEdwards on medical grounds, #HongKong CFA judge Sir William Young feels the heat from #NewZealand's Chief Justice on ethics concerns & we invite you to meet us in #WashingtonDC
🔗https://thecfhk.org/spotlight-on-jimmy-lais-health/
🔗https://thecfhk.org/spotlight-on-jimmy-lais-health/