📰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...

📰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/

🔥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...

🚨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

🕯️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...

🗞️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...

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...

📰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...

🗞️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-...

🚨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...

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-...

📰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...

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...

🗞️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...

📰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...

🔥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...

🗞️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/

🗞️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...

🚨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-...

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...

📰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/

📰NEWSLETTER: Retired foreign judges are being used to whitewash repression in #HongKong. CFHK Foundation’s latest report by James Joseph says it’s time they step down as #JimmyLai’s national security sham trial wraps. Read more here: thecfhk.org/silence-from...

🚨WEBINAR TODAY w/ @article19.bsky.social 07:30 ET/ 12:30 BST: 'Betraying the Law: Why Hong Kong's Foreign Judges Should Resign' 🗣️ @chloecheung.bsky.social @jamesjoseph.bsky.social & Keith Oderberg, former counsel for #JoshuaWong with moderator Michael Caster RSVP: lnkd.in/eJbtrQjT

🚨 WEBINAR - THURSDAY 07:30 ET / 12:30 BST: 'Betraying the Law: Why Hong Kong's Foreign Judges Should Resign' Keith Oderberg, former counsel for #JoshuaWong, joins @chloecheung.bsky.social @jamesjoseph.bsky.social & moderator @article19.bsky.social's Michael Caster Join us: lnkd.in/eJbtrQjT

As #JimmyLai's trial enters its end game, we mark his 1700th day in prison on sham charges. 1700 days mostly in solitary 1700 days punishment for #FreedomofExpression 1700 days fighting for #HongKong's freedoms #FreeJimmyLai

📰NEWSLETTER: The best of #JimmyLai's national security trial coverage, @kevinkfyam.bsky.social fires back after being struck off roll of #HongKong solicitors and #TiffanyYuen is released from prison... ⏬ thecfhk.org/closing-argu...

📣 WEBINAR with @thecfhk.bsky.social 'Betraying the Law: Why #HongKong's Foreign Judges Should Resign' 🗣️Join @mcaster.bsky.social, @chloecheung.bsky.social, James Joseph & Mark L. Clifford. 📅Aug 28 ⏰07:30 ET / 12:30 BST Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/414149...

🚨WEBINAR: 'Betraying the Law: Why #HongKong's Foreign Judges Should Resign' 🗣️Mark Clifford, @mcaster.bsky.social James Joseph & @chloecheung.bsky.social Judges from #NewZealand #Australia & #UK must quit #HK's CFA 📅Aug 28 ⏰07:30 ET / 12:30 BST events.teams.microsoft.com/event/414149...

🎉We're delighted that #HK democrat #TiffanyYuen has been released. A 'subversion' charge saw her jailed for 4 years for participating in an election primary She shouldn't have spent a single day behind bars. All #HongKong political prisoners should be released NOW. hongkongfp.com/2025/08/19/h...

🗞NEWSLETTER: #JimmyLai’s sham national security trial closing arguments were postponed yesterday in #HongKong due to heavy rain and again to Monday after his lawyer reported that Lai “felt that he was collapsing” as well as heart “palpitations.” thecfhk.org/closing-argu...

Closing arguments in the trial of #JimmyLai, who has pled not guilty to 'sedition' & 'foreign collusion' under the National Security Law, are adjourned until tomorrow (Friday) after black rain inundated #HongKong. hongkongfp.com/2025/08/14/h...

As his sham national security trial is set to resume in #HongKong Alisha Rahaman Sarkar writes that time is running out for 77-year-old Briton #JimmyLai, who is in failing health due to diabetes and years of solitary confinement. #FreeJimmyLai www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/h...

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: As closing arguments in #JimmyLai's sham national security trial begin on Thursday, we look back at some key trial exchanges that showcase his remarkable courage and fortitude. #FreeJimmyLai #wearejimmylai thecfhk.org/i-am-a-hong-...

🗞️STATEMENT: As #JimmyLai's long-delayed national security trial enters the final stages, we call on the U.S. & UK governments to make his immediate release a precondition of future engagement with #China and #HongKong. #FreeJimmyLai #wearejimmylai thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...

📰STATEMENT: We welcome the G7 RRM's condemnation of the #HongKong authorities' #TransnationalRepression of #HongKongers living overseas. Democracies must stand up and protect #FreedomofExpression thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...

@theguardian.com's Tom Levitt asks @chloecheung.bsky.social how she stays defiant despite being "pursued regardless of distance" after her HK$1m bounty "I don’t expect to live a normal life but compared with people in prison in #HongKong, my sacrifice is nothing" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

@chloecheung.bsky.social traces how quickly economic dependence on #China silenced #HongKong. She warns that Britain must draw a line and stand up for democratic values rather or risk #CCP influence chilling freedom of expression across the UK. express.co.uk/comment/expr...

@thecfhk.bsky.social welcomes the joint G7 +partners statement condemning #HongKong’s extraterritorial arrest warrants & bounties targeting advocates abroad. When the free world stands together we can protect free expression & counter global repression campaigns. #standwithhongkong #FreeJimmyLai

🗞️NEWSLETTER: #HK authorities invoke Article 23 to cancel exiles' passports, in the UK there are indications #China may not get its #London mega-embassy after all & #HongKong prepares for #JimmyLai's trial to resume 📌https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-repression-intensifies-under-article-23-security-law/

#JoshuaWong's second national security case - he is accused of collusion with foreign forces and could face life in prison if convicted - is to be transferred to #HongKong's High Court hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/h...

🚨#China's #GoLaxy deploying #GenAI propaganda to influence narrative around & understanding of #HongKong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...

#Taiwanese film 'Family Matters', the first feature from director Pan Ke-yin, is axed from #HongKong screening due to censorship rules. #Taiwan hongkongfp.com/2025/08/07/s...

#HongKong authorities cancel passports of 12/19 of those #HongKongers issued with extraterritorial arrest warrants & bounties. hongkongfp.com/2025/08/04/h...

📰NEWSLETTER: #HK diaspora media mergers, #TransnationalRepression of #HongKongers in the spotlight and World Justice Project comes under fire for helping #HongKong authorities whitewash repression. Read it in full: thecfhk.org/transnationa...

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @chloecheung.bsky.social says @danjarvismp.bsky.social must act on the Human Rights Committee's #TransnationalRepression recommendations & not hide behind the Defending Democracy Taskforce - which he chairs - when assessing UK preparedness. thecfhk.org/defending-de...

Leading #Macau democrat Au Kam San arrested on national security charges. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

⛓️"Despite repeated calls to improve prison conditions, in #HongKong, the government is heading in the opposite direction" Sobering piece in @thediplomat.com on the state of justice system in #HK & new powers to restrict visitors on vague national sec grounds thediplomat.com/2025/07/hong...

👏👏 @alixculbertson on Joint Committee on Human Rights #TransnationalRepression report & threats to the UK from #China #HK #Russia #Iran Quotes @chloecheung.bsky.social: "It's important the UK government doesn't just acknowledge this report but actually acts on it". news.sky.com/story/author...

🚨How far #HongKong has fallen: Courts convict a student for turning his back on a football pitch during 🇨🇳 national anthem #HK's 2020 National Anthem Ordinance criminalises “insulting behaviour” towards the anthem hongkongfp.com/2025/07/30/h...