#FreeJimmyLai

#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 can. #FreeJimmyLai

“Every time we say Jimmy Lai’s name, we send a message to Beijing and to all who imprison people for their beliefs: we remember, we are watching, and we will not stop until Jimmy Lai and all political prisoners are free.” At Freedom House’s Annual Awards and 85th Anniversary celebration, @SpeakerPelosi and @robertcobrien honored Jimmy Lai as he received the Freedom Award. #FreeJimmyLai #FreedomHouse85 @SupportJimmyLai

Unjustly imprisoned Hong Kong prodemocracy media publisher, Jimmy Lai, received the Freedom Award earlier this week, which was first presented in 1943. His daughter Claire Lai honored her father’s extraordinary courage as she accepted the award on his behalf. #FreeJimmyLai #FreedomHouse85 @SupportJimmyLai

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In recognition of his courageous commitment to press freedom and democracy in Hong Kong, Freedom House will present the 2026 Freedom Award to Jimmy Lai. After founding Apple Daily, one of the Chinese-speaking world’s most influential independent media outlets, Lai became a leading voice for democracy and civil liberties in Hong Kong. He has spent more than five years in prison under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law. #FreedomHouse85 #FreeJimmyLai @SupportJimmyLai

“I am proud that the United States, as a nation, remains united across party lines in calling for Mr. Lai’s immediate release.” — @robertcobrien “Authoritarian leaders fear those who refuse to hide the truth.” — @SpeakerPelosi Freedom House presents the 2026 Freedom Award to imprisoned Hong Kong publisher and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai for his courageous defense of press freedom and democracy. #FreedomHouse85 #FreeJimmyLai @SupportJimmyLai

“We remember, we are watching, and we will not stop until Jimmy Lai and all political prisoners are free.” Claire Lai accepts the 2026 Freedom Award on behalf of her father, Jimmy Lai, recognizing his courageous commitment to press freedom and democracy in Hong Kong. #FreedomHouse85 #FreeJimmyLai @SupportJimmyLai

"He truly is a man of his word. He has shown a continuous commitment to freeing my father, and we are just so endlessly grateful." Claire Lai joined @EVargasTV on @NewsNation to thank @POTUS for raising her father's case with Xi Jinping. #FreeJimmyLai Watch here: newsnationnow.com/vargasreports/…

COMMENTARY: My father’s ordeal is one that, rightly, often induces outrage and heartbreak. But it is also a story of hope and strength. Read the full story: ow.ly/F0L350Z0oH1

"My father's story is ultimately one of hope." Claire Lai joined @kilmeade to share her father's faith, his sacrifice, and the strength that has carried their family through nearly 6 years of his imprisonment. #FreeJimmyLai Watch here: youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

"The dream was for my father to come back on Air Force One." Claire Lai joined @EWTNNewsNightly after @POTUS raised her father's case with Xi Jinping in Beijing. She remains confident this administration will bring Jimmy home. #FreeJimmyLai Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=xIah11…

Jimmy Lai’s Daughter: How My Father’s Imprisonment Has Strengthened My Family’s Faith My father’s ordeal is one that, rightly, often induces outrage and heartbreak. But it is also a story of hope and strength.⬇️ ncregister.com/commentaries/c…

NEW: Claire Lai weighs in to @realDailyWire on news that President Donald Trump advocated for her father to President Xi Jinping. “True to his word, President Trump brought my father up to President Xi. I remain endlessly grateful for the support he and his administration has shown to securing his freedom,” she says. “An ailing man turning 79, who was always pro democracy, anti violence, anti independence, and just wanted the promises made in the Sino British joint declaration, which China signed in the exercise of its sovereignty to be kept. We hope the Holy Spirit will move President Xi’s heart.” “I remain confident it is President Trump and his administration who will free my father. In the meantime I know Our Lord and the Blessed Mother will continue to watch over him as they always have.”

"I hope that President Trump can help them see the wisdom in releasing my father." Claire Lai joined @CNN as @POTUS meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing, calling on him to live up to his reputation as a "liberator in chief." #FreeJimmyLai Watch here: video.snapstream.net/Play/7jjDNInqs…

ANOTHER BANGER: CBS's Tony Dokoupil closed out the Evening News with Taiwanese rejection of communism, and some important perspective from Jimmy Lai. "Whose ideas should lead the future?" TONY DOKOUPIL: We’re back live from Liberty Square, where the message we heard on the streets today was not against the people of China but against their government and against communism. Do you want an independent Taiwan or a reunified Taiwan? TAIWANESE CITIZEN: 50/50. We want to unify, but we don't want to follow the communist system. DOKOUPIL: You want to be part of China but not part of communism. TAIWANESE CITIZEN: Yes, that's right. DOKOUPIL: Which is why the rivalry on display this week between China and the U.S. may feel familiar. Not so long ago, communism had failed in the old Soviet Union. While democracy, it seemed, had proven itself once and for all. But now here comes China. And as then-U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns said in 2024, “it's a new battle for the future.” A battle being fought by Jimmy Lai, a wealthy businessman and democracy activist in Hong Kong, now serving 20 years in prison for what China calls sedition. Before his sentence, he told our Holly Williams why the fight is worth it. HOLLY WILLIAMS: I mean, you have a wonderful city, prosperity. JIMMY LAI: That's what Chinese think. They think we just have a body, we don't have a soul. You guys just make money, have a good life, don't think about politics, don't think about freedom, don't think about human right, don’t think about of law, just eat. Enjoy life. WILLIAMS: Why is that not enough? LAI: Because we are human being. We have soul. We are not a dog. DOKOUPIL: And when you step back, that is the bigger picture this week, not just which superpower walks away with a mightier military or a larger economy, but whose ideas should lead the future? That's another day in America and the world. I'm Tony Dokoupil in Taipei, Taiwan. Good night.

As President Trump visits China, there is a renewed push for him to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who is serving a 20-year prison sentence. “Unfortunately, my father’s 78 now. I honestly don’t know how much time he has left in these absolutely horrible conditions," Lai's son, Sebastien Lai, told @ABCNewsLive.

As Presidents Trump and Xi meet in Beijing, @SupportJimmyLai’s daughter Claire Lai tells me she believes Trump will be the president who helps free her father. Otherwise, she warns: “Should my father die a martyr behind bars, it will be devastating for the for the party, and I hope that President Trump…can help them see the wisdom in releasing my father."

“DADDY, DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE COMING HOME YET?” Claire Lai shares the final text exchange she had with her father, jailed Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. He told her he’d be home for dinner around 8 PM. Ten minutes later: “I’m detained overnight.” She says it’s a question she still asks herself every day.

A DAUGHTER'S HOPE: "PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING A LIBERATOR-IN-CHIEF" Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai, joins @willcain to discuss her father’s imprisonment — and whether President Trump could press President Xi on his release.

Sebastien Lai joined @hughhewitt to make the case for his father's release as @POTUS meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing. At 78, after nearly 6 years in solitary confinement and in failing health, Jimmy is running out of time. #FreeJimmyLai Listen here (segment starts around 53:00): 989theanswer.com/podcasts/the-h…

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