The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

CFHK Foundation supports democracy & the rule of law for Hong Kong. Fights China/CCP interference #FreeJimmyLai.
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[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🕯️Today, Lam Cheuk-ting 林卓廷 spends his birthday unjustly imprisoned in #HongKong.

No one should spend time in prison for defending democracy.

We wish him a happy birthday and call for his immediate release, along with all political prisoners in #HK.

Read his story: https://t.co/0YSeKIaEla

[China Commission @CECCgov]

Seven years ago, millions of #HongKongers took to the streets to defend the freedoms and autonomy they were promised. The world must not forget their courage or the #CCP’s broken promises. Political prisoners must be freed, and the work of defending the liberties that made #HongKong a beacon of opportunity and prosperity must continue.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🚨June 12, 2026 — Just another day in Chinese Communist Party-controlled Hong Kong, the streets empty of protests.

But millions of Hong Kongers, at home and in exile, will be thinking about the movement and the struggle for their city's future.

And while the streets are quiet seven years on, the struggle for democracy is far from over.

Today, we remember the courage of the Hong Kongers who marched for freedom and autonomy from China in 2019.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🚨June 12, 2026 — Just another day in Chinese Communist Party-controlled Hong Kong, the streets empty of protests.

But millions of Hong Kongers, at home and in exile, will be thinking about the movement and the struggle for their city's future.

And while the streets are quiet seven years on, the struggle for democracy is far from over.

Today, we remember the courage of the Hong Kongers who marched for freedom and autonomy from China in 2019.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

Xi Jinping is set to visit President Trump in September, and the clock is ticking.

@HudsonInstitute's @OliviaEnos and @michaelsobolik argue that @POTUS should demand the release of political prisoners, including #JimmyLai, as a precondition for that meeting.

Congress has already voted unanimously to support the release of political prisoners in China.

It's time for @POTUS to fulfill his promise: #FreeJimmyLai.

https://t.co/CqVTuGcve6

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

NEWSLETTER: This week, John Lee ripped the heart out of judicial independence in Hong Kong by giving himself the power to make any criminal case he likes a national security matter.

The chief executive's reasoning will remain secret and his decisions immune from legal challenge.

What now for Hong Kong's once respected rule of law?

🔗https://t.co/vV179UW5T6

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

On this day seven years ago, Hong Kongers stood up for democracy and the basic freedoms they were promised under the Sino-British Declaration.

The Hong Kong government responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and truncheons.

We will never forget the protesters' courage.

We will continue fighting until freedom is won.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

3/3 Our report calls for four concrete actions:
🔹designate #HK as a PMLC under the USA PATRIOT Act;
🔹impose secondary sanctions on HK banks maintaining accounts for designated Iranian entities;
🔹sanction the corporate services firms enabling shell company networks;
🔹and apply special measures to HK crypto platforms facilitating Iranian transactions.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

Yesterday the U.S. imposed new sanctions on #HongKong entities for supporting the Iranian military. We applaud this action, but we continue to call for stronger, more effective policy options, including designating #HK as a Primary Money Laundering Concern (#PMLC) jurisdiction and sanctioning HK banks.
https://t.co/gDg4O1aZv2

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

2/3 #HongKong has become a key node in #Iran's weapons procurement networks and clandestine banking operations. Targeted designations are a step in the right direction, but they are not enough to address the scale of the problem. @theCFHK has documented exactly how HK is being used to evade sanctions and what the U.S. must do to close these loopholes: https://t.co/HEdH6HGJbm

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🕯️@frances_hui was 10 years old when she first stood in Victoria Park with a candle in her hand. She was surrounded by thousands of Hong Kongers gathered to remember June 4.

Thirty-seven years later, at the National Endowment for Democracy @NEDemocracy, she spoke about the power of memory and the impact the Tiananmen Massacre had on the next generation of Hong Kongers.

“The power of memory isn’t in how many speak of it. It’s in how much we are willing to give — to defend it, to pass it on, and to walk with one another.”

From one generation to the next, the torch of memory is carried through courage, solidarity, and the refusal to forget.

Watch the full event: https://t.co/pfrtMQUKKw

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

FLAME OF FREEDOM: To mark the anniversary of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, @MarkJSewards, MP for Leeds South West and Morley and co-chair of @LabFriendsofHK, writes:

"The bravery shown by protesters in Hong Kong inspired millions around the world because it reflected universal values: accountability, liberty, dignity, and the right to shape one’s future.

"People marched knowing the risks. Journalists continued reporting despite mounting pressure. Ordinary citizens formed human chains, created Lennon Walls, organized first aid stations, and stood together against overwhelming odds.

"Many of those same people are now our neighbors, colleagues, classmates, and friends in towns and cities across this country.

"We cannot honor their courage symbolically while failing to protect them in practice..."

🔥Read the full blog: https://t.co/HZLaDh914t

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🚨WE ARE HIRING!

We are looking for a dynamic, outgoing, and politically active Cantonese speaker to join our team in London as a public affairs and advocacy manager.

A strong interest in and understanding of Hong Kong’s democracy movement and a willingness to go toe-to-toe with the Chinese Communist Party are essential.

Interested?

Visit the website to apply and find out more 👇

https://t.co/kb1beZWmty

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

.@samdunningo and @ukctransparency consistently produce cutting-edge research exposing links between the U.K.'s criminal underworld, Hong Kong, and the Chinese Communist Party.

Follow their Substack: https://t.co/6Ru0YY1Gj7

[Sam Dunning @samdunningo]

🚨🚨🚨Why are Chinese diplomats in the UK close to To Ming Lam, who owns @RoyalChinaGroup & who Hong Kong’s former chief of criminal intelligence said was known as a 14K triad member?

What's it got to do with a spy trial that just finished in London?

Share this thread.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

@samdunningo and @ukctransparency consistently produce cutting-edge research exposing links between the U.K.'s criminal underworld, Hong Kong, and the Chinese Communist Party.

Follow their Substack: https://t.co/6Ru0YY1Gj7

[Sam Dunning @samdunningo]

Years ago, I was on the website of the Promotion of China Re-Unification Society in UK.

It is the de facto UK branch of a CCP United Front Work Department body that lobbies for CCP policy on Taiwan worldwide.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

“Courage is not the absence of fear. It is in choosing the responsibility even when fear is present.”

On June 4, @frances_hui accepted the 2026 Dissident Human Rights Award from @VoCommunism.

She dedicated the award to the students of Tiananmen, to the millions of Hong Kongers who marched for freedom, and to her friends still sitting in Hong Kong’s prison cells.

Frances lives under a HK$1 million bounty placed on her by Hong Kong regime.

She spoke up for Chow Hang-tung, Jimmy Lai, Joshua Wong, and every other prisoner whose courage the world must not forget.

#FreeJimmyLai
#HongKong
#June4

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

Congratulations, @finnlau_cd!

Finally, the right result.

Why did it take so long, @ukhomeoffice?

[Kris Cheng @krislc]

Finn Lau, who has a HK$1M bounty on his head, received news today that his British citizenship application has been approved, after 12 months of reviews.

In 2024, Lau, a chartered surveyor, got his indefinite leave to remain approved in 3 days.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

On June 9, 2019, an estimated one million Hong Kongers participated in a peaceful march from Victoria Park to the headquarters of the Hong Kong government in opposition to proposed legislation that would have allowed extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China.

This week, we remember the millions of Hong Kongers who peacefully protested against Beijing's broken promise that Hong Kong would maintain a high degree of autonomy from mainland China.

The regime calls them "rioters."

We call them heroes.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

Astonishing that @law_soc would host its annual meeting in Hong Kong.

This is a city that has detained more than 1,900 political prisoners.

Where #FreeJimmyLai has sat in solitary confinement on sham national security charges for nearly 2,000 days.

Where the police hunt pro-democracy protesters overseas, like our managers @frances_hui and @Chloe_chc_25, with extraterritorial bounties that incentivize kidnapping.

Where police can seize devices on a whim and demand passwords under threat of up to a year of prison time.

And where just yesterday, the executive branch showed its contempt for separation of powers by passing a law, without LegCo scrutiny, which allows Chief Executive John Lee to extend national security status to any case he likes — a decision that cannot be challenged in the courts.

What are they thinking?

https://t.co/0qCGKakDPE