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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 9d

🗞️ 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:

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 12d

🗞️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...

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 20d

📰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

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 21d

🔥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...

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 24d

🗞️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/

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 27d

🗞️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...

'We Were Made to Suffer': Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong's Prisons - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 29d

🚨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-...

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...

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 29d

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...

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

Still Lending Prestige to Persecution - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Sep 5

📰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/

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 29

📰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...

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 28

The webinar marks the release of our new report, authored by @jamesjoseph.bsky.social on why foreign judges holding out on #HongKong's Court of Final Appeal are whitewashing weaponisation of #HK's legal system against democracy advocates & should resign immediately:

thecfhk.org/research/sti...

Explore how the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation’s new report exposes the erosion of judicial independence in Hong Kong and the compromised role of foreign judges on the Court of F...

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨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

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 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

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 22

📰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... ⏬

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ARTICLE 19 @article19.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 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...

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨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...

HK democrat Tiffany Yuen freed after serving time over unofficial primary - reports

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉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...

Hong Kong former district councillor Tiffany Yuen has been released after serving more than four years in prison for her role in an unofficial primary election in 2020.

hongkongfp.com

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 15

🗞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.”

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HK court to hear closing submissions in Jimmy Lai trial

CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 14

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...

A HK court is set on Thursday to hear closing arguments in the trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who stands accused of foreign collusion and sedition charges.

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 13

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...

Concerns for Briton Jimmy Lai’s health as landmark trial set to resume in Hong Kong

City court to hear closing arguments in media tycoon’s national security trial from 14 August

www.independent.co.uk

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔥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

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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · Aug 13

🗞️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

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