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This week in Bonn, Claire Lai accepted DW's 2026 Freedom of Speech Award on behalf of her father, Jimmy Lai. She spoke with @DeutscheWelle about his health in solitary confinement and his fight for press freedom. dw.com/en/jimmy-lais-…

6月23日，身陷囹圄的香港传媒大亨黎智英正式获颁德国之声言论自由奖。他的女儿黎釆在德国之声波昂总部代其父亲领奖并接受DW专访。她表示，单纯靠香港内部的运作几乎不可能让父亲出狱，只能寄希望外部施压。黎釆还说，相信香港人最终都是爱自由的。 #DW中文

Yesterdays evening, @DeutscheWelle’s Freedom of Speech Award was presented to the imprisoned Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai. In the presence of prominent figures from the media and politics – including representatives from the Federal Foreign Office @AuswaertigesAmt – the emotional ceremony at the German @Bundestag highlighted Jimmy Lai’s outstanding character and achievements: The publisher of the influential newspaper “Apple Daily” has been a staunch advocate for the preservation of democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. Lai has relentlessly spoken out against the gradual and systematic infiltration and suppression of the once-free global metropolis by the Chinese state apparatus. The influential entrepreneur could have fled – he also holds British citizenship. Yet Jimmy Lai stayed and refused to be silenced in his commitment to freedom and democracy. This dedication makes Jimmy Lai a defining figure of the Hong Kong resistance – and a target of those in power. For over five years now, he has been held in solitary confinement under appalling conditions. Most recently, Jimmy Lai was unlawfully sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison in a politically motivated trial. I condemn this imprisonment in the strongest terms and have assured Jimmy Lai’s daughter, Claire, who accepted the award on her father’s behalf, of my continued unconditional support. #FREEJIMMYLAI

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A moving moment @DW_GMF: Claire Lai accepted the @DeutscheWelle Freedom of Speech Award on behalf of her father, Jimmy Lai. Her words on his courage and sacrifice for press freedom deeply touched me. A powerful reminder of why we must defend free media. #JournalismOutLoud #GMF26

CPJ joins @DeutscheWelle in #Germany to honor British publisher Jimmy Lai with the DW Freedom of Speech Award. Lai's daughter, Claire, received a standing ovation from more than 1,000 people attending the #GMF26 and accepted the award on behalf of her father, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in #HongKong. In her speech, CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg spoke about CPJ's long-standing campaign to #FreeJimmyLai, and reiterated this was part of a broader fight to defend the freedoms for which he was jailed. #BringHimHome now. cpj.org/tags/jimmy-lai/ @SupportJimmyLai @DW_GMF @BarbaraMassing Photos credit: Deutsche Welle

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Claire Lai accepted Deutsche Welle's 2026 Freedom of Speech Award today in Bonn. Her father, Jimmy Lai, was not free to accept it himself. He has been in solitary confinement in Hong Kong for nearly six years. Earlier this year, a court sentenced the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder to 20 years in prison for building a newspaper that defended democracy. @jodieginsberg, CEO of @pressfreedom, honored him with the laudatory speech. An empty seat at a press freedom ceremony says everything. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

As of today, Jimmy Lai has been imprisoned in Hong Kong for 2,000 days, much of it in solitary confinement, for defending a free press. In a new op-ed, his daughter Claire Lai writes about the father who raised her and what he still teaches her from prison. Read here: washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4605364… #FreeJimmyLai

As of today, Jimmy Lai has now spent 2,000 days behind bars for defending a free press. His daughter, Claire Lai: "For my father, who turns 79 this year, this is effectively a life sentence." Read below. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

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This photo was taken when Jimmy Lai was free. Free to walk, to think, to breathe open air in the city he gave everything to protect. He has not had that freedom in nearly six years. Since 2020, he has been locked in solitary confinement, cut off from the world outside his cell. Earlier this year, a Hong Kong court sentenced him to 20 years in prison. At 78, in fragile health, that is effectively a life sentence. His only crime was running a newspaper that told the truth. He deserves to walk freely again. #FreeJimmyLai

At 78, Jimmy Lai is serving a 20-year sentence for defending a free press. Students can now write on what his case means for US-China relations. Due July 15. humanrights.catholic.edu/human-rights-e… #FreeJimmyLai

"Every day I wake up, and I hope that today is the day we get my dad home.” — Claire Lai For nearly 6 years, Claire Lai has been separated from her father. No shared meals, no sitting together at Mass, no ordinary family moments that so many take for granted. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai and reunite him with his loved ones.

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A glimpse of Jimmy Lai years before his unjust imprisonment, out on the water, at home, living the life he worked so hard to build. Today, at 78, he sits in solitary confinement, serving a 20-year sentence for defending the freedoms that made moments like these possible. Jimmy Lai deserves to be free again. #FreeJimmyLai

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In his prison cell, Jimmy Lai sketches the Crucifixion in colored pencil. Nearly six years in solitary confinement, his faith has not broken. George Weigel on the strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of the regime that jailed him. Read here: catholicreview.org/the-strength-o… #FreeJimmyLai

At his May summit in Beijing, President #Trump made an effort to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to release #JimmyLai from his imprisonment in Hong Kong. Jimmy, whom I am honored to call a friend, is a 78-year-old diabetic who has been in solitary confinement some seven hundred days longer than the United States was engaged in World War II and is now serving a twenty-year sentence for threatening Chinese national security. That conviction has no more legal or moral validity than that of the Lord by Pontius Pilate. And I find it deeply moving that, in the prison cell where Jimmy does colored pencil sketches of religious scenes, many of them depict the Crucifixion; one of those sketches is among my most prized possessions. By conforming himself in prayer to the crucified Lord, Jimmy Lai is living his unjust punishment as an occasion of grace. catholicreview.org/the-strength-o… #commentary #Blog #FaithBlog

The Strength of Jimmy Lai and the Weakness of Emperor Xi What can Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment?⬇️ ncregister.com/commentaries/j…

The man in these photos is a father, an entrepreneur, and a defender of a free press. His name is #JimmyLai. For nearly six years, he has been held in solitary confinement for defending democracy. At 78 years old with deteriorating health, he doesn't have much time left. He deserves to come home. #FreeJimmyLai

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History remembers the people who refused to stay silent. Jimmy is one of them. He denounced Chinese communism, defended the rule of law, and gave Hong Kong a free press, knowing exactly what it would cost him. "I believe that if I do the right thing, the strength will come." — Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai

Every June 4 as a boy, Sebastien Lai held a candle beside his father in Hong Kong's Victoria Park, remembering Tiananmen. Those vigils are banned now, and his father, Jimmy, sits in solitary confinement at 78. "Will you bend to tyranny or stand unbowed?" Read here: telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026/0… #FreeJimmyLai

Today marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre. In 2020, Jimmy Lai was arrested for attending a vigil for victims of the massacre. Jimmy Lai is currently in prison for advocating for freedom in Hong Kong. @SupportJimmyLai #FreeJimmyLai mccaininstitute.org/fppi/jimmy-lai/

Today marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Its ripple effects continue. It was a lightning rod for Jimmy Lai: the moment when his career shifted from fashion to journalism and defending democracy. In 1989, Jimmy Lai helped fund a rescue network that carried many protesters and dissidents to safety. One of them was Arthur Liu, a student leader on Beijing's "most wanted" list. Liu fled to Hong Kong and eventually made it to America, where he built a new life. This year, his daughter Alysa won Olympic gold for Team USA. Jimmy Lai gave others their freedom. Today, he has spent nearly 6 years in prison for defending Hong Kong's freedom. Read Arthur Liu's full article: thefp.com/p/lessons-in-f… #FreeJimmyLai

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