#JimmyLai is the highest-profile political prisoner in the world. He suffers in a Hong Kong prison for standing up for his beliefs.
President Trump has been called the "Liberator-in-Chief." Another historic act could cement that legacy.
If anyone can get Jimmy Lai out...@POTUS
Sir Iain Duncan Smith echoes calls for the Prime Minister to meet with the Lai family.
He also urged the government to threaten sanctions. The government said it condemns the politically motivated prosecution of Jimmy Lai and continues to call for his immediate release.
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"We cannot allow him to die in prison."
Sebastien Lai is asking Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet with him and to raise his father's case directly with President Xi.
Jimmy Lai is 78 and nearly six years into solitary confinement.
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Sebastien Lai has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham requesting an urgent meeting.
Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, has been held in Hong Kong for nearly six years, most of it in solitary confinement. In February he was sentenced to 20 years. He is 78 and his health is failing.
Jimmy Lai has been awarded the 2026 Kettering Democracy Prize.
The Charles F. Kettering Foundation is honoring Jimmy, 78, for his defense of free speech, a free press, and democracy in Hong Kong. He has spent nearly 6 years in prison for it, and remains in solitary confinement
