A million-dollar bounty hangs over my head, but back in Hong Kong, 1,946 political prisoners are silenced behind bars for the exact same "crime". At @OsloFF this year.
1/ 🚨 BREAKING: #HongKong authorities are moving to further expand the national security legal apparatus.
Under the new proposed rule, the Chief Executive can certify that a ordinary criminal case “involves national security” and turn it into a national security case.
A 🇨🇳 man and a 🇨🇳 woman were caught red-handed littering in the streets in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui area by the city’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officers but arrogantly and defiantly refused to cooperate and provide their id’s / travel documents when instructed to do so.
The owner of Book Punch store & 3 staff were all released on bail without charge today after more than 24hrs of detention. Yet the raid has already done its job in creating a chilling effect across Hong Kong, with two other independent bookstores announcing temporary closures.
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“Only Yuen, Wai and Matthew Trickett were charged because police lacked enough translators to glean over 24 terabytes of data mainly in Cantonese and Mandarin.”
“Those who were not charged fled the U.K. after being released.”
https://t.co/IgMj5vuggk
Last week, Claire Lai attended the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
In a moving speech, she shared her hope that—with God’s help and continued support from @POTUS and the U.S. government—her father, #JimmyLai, will be freed.
#FreeJimmyLai
🚨BREAKING: Hong Kong independent bookseller Pong Yat-ming and three of his staff have reportedly been arrested on suspicion of selling seditious titles, including a biography of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai.
In full: https://t.co/bxj4OU7RAE
Just in: Hong Kong police arrested owner and three staff of “Book Punch” bookshop for selling “seditious” books including @MarkLClifford’s Jimmy Lai biography
https://t.co/8lDfqDACjp
This festive season, we call for the release of #HongKong barrister Chow Hang-tung, so that she may be reunited with her loved ones next Christmas.
She has been held in detention for over 1,500 days and her NSL trial is due to start on 22 January 2026.
#FreeChowHangtung
Claire Lai reflects on past Christmases in London with her father, prisoner of conscience #JimmyLai.
This year, he will once again spend the holidays behind bars in Hong Kong—separated from his family.
Claire shares that Jimmy Lai wishes he could attend Midnight Mass.
#FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome