Woke up with a new arrest warrant & a HKD1m bounty. Grateful for those who reached out & offered support to me & fellow #Hongkongers who are wanted by the govt. As I process this, let me reiterate that my advocacy for democracy & freedom has not and will not stop. #FreeHK ✊🏼

#FreeJimmyLai

Jimmy Lai has spent over 1,800 days in prison. I echo President Trump’s call for Beijing to conclude this ordeal and release Mr. Lai.

Ranking Member @CongressmanRaja has issued the following statement in response to the CCP's sham conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Jimmy Lai, urging legislative action to hold CCP-directed Hong Kong authorities to account for their assault on democracy and free speech.

‼️ Tomorrow, a brave 🇨🇳 national, Guan Heng, will have an asylum hearing in New York. He came to America after photographing evidence of the CCP’s genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. If Guan is deported to China, he will face certain imprisonment and torture, and possibly death.

Jimmy Lai is a hero who has risked everything in the fight for a free Hong Kong. His conviction in this sham trial tells you everything you need to know about Xi Jinping's tyranny, and his fear of anyone who stands up for what is right. https://t.co/inZPZ5Cyxd

We condemn in the strongest terms the unjust and vindictive verdict imposed upon Jimmy Lai by the Hong Kong authorities—a verdict that makes a mockery of the rule of law. This was a sham trial that fell far short of international fair-trial standards. Among numerous egregious

6/ Jimmy Lai is guilty only of believing Hong Kong people deserve freedom. Every month without action raises the risk he will never walk free again. The US must show Beijing that there is a real cost to repression — not just words. The time to act is NOW. #FreeJimmyLai /end

5/ Lawmakers should fast-track these legislation to strengthen US hands for negotiation. Move these bills through @HouseForeignGOP, @HouseForeign and other key committees without delay.

4/ Congress has concrete, bipartisan tools ready to move: • H.Res. 930—on Jimmy Lai & Hong Kong political prisoners • HKETO Certification Act (H.R. 2661) • Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act (H.R. 733 / S. 1755) • Stop CCP Money Laundering Act (S. 1339 / H.R. 3264)

3/ In the coming weeks, the US should: • Impose targeted sanctions on the 3 judges (Esther Toh, Alex Lee, Susana D'Almada Remedios) & officials responsible for this political prosecution. • Make Lai’s release a condition for @POTUS’s planned state visit to Beijing in April

2/ The court has set a mitigation hearing for Jan 12. After that, judges will fix the sentencing date. At 78, with diabetes and health damaged by 1,800+ days in prison, any real term could be a life sentence. This is a critical window to raise the cost of jailing him for life.

1/ Today, Hong Kong handed down a guilty verdict against publisher #JimmyLai in the city's first "collusion with foreign forces" trial under Beijing's National Security Law. 🧵A thread on what the US must do RIGHT NOW to #FreeJimmyLai before he is sentenced.

"The #HongKong court has been compromised and politicized in the past 5 years -#JimmyLai's guilty verdict is another stamp of proof that the court system is no longer the system that we once respected," our colleague @frances_hui tells @NPR's @EmilyZFeng. https://t.co/CjsYinsAq3

Today, a kangaroo court in Hong Kong found publisher Jimmy Lai guilty in its first-ever “collusion with foreign forces” trial under Beijing’s National Security Law for meetings and editorials calling for support for Hong Kong. Jimmy Lai is 78, a British citizen, and has already

STATEMENT: More than 5 years since his initial arrest and to the surprise of no one, a kangaroo court in #HongKong has found #JimmyLai guilty of all three trumped-up national security and sedition charges. We are calling for an immediate, resolute response from the US/UK

Police was paying extra care to a box of Apple outside the courthouse where dozens of people are queueing up for the verdict hearing of #AppleDaily founder #JimmyLai on Monday. Officers searched the box to verify that they are real apples. 😅 (Source: The Witness HK)

2/2 Authors @frances_hui and @SamuelBickett document claims of systemic abuse in #HongKong's prisons, including medical neglect that in one case lead to the death of a foreign prisoner, in our report 👇 https://t.co/iA6vmJO9Hi

Prosecutors accuse Jimmy Lai of using #AppleDaily and six former executives to publish "seditious" articles and "collude with foreign forces." He has spent 4+ years largely in solitary confinement, and his family and lawyers say his health has sharply deteriorated behind bars. -#

⚡️ Update on #JimmyLai: Hong Kong’s High Court will deliver the verdict in his landmark national security trial next Monday at 10am HKT. The 156-day trial began in Dec 2023 and, like other NSL cases, has been heard by three government-appointed judges with no jury. (1/2)

Truly disturbing to see about the letter & the Chinese embassy's response justifying it as a legitimate act to pursue exiled activists. The CCP is responsible for this. We CANNOT let this happen to ANYONE ANYMORE. My heart goes out to @carmenkamanlau & @tedhuichifung's family.