#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

Jimmy Lai could have stayed a clothing tycoon and kept quiet about Beijing. He started a newspaper instead. By the early 1990s, his Giordano stores stretched across Asia. In 1994, after Chinese Premier Li Peng defended the Tiananmen crackdown, Jimmy wrote an open letter condemning him. Beijing went after his business and forced him to sell his stake. In 1995, he launched Apple Daily. Hong Kong’s handover to China was two years away. He did it anyway. For 26 years, Apple Daily printed the news Beijing didn’t want Hong Kong to read. It ran until 2021, when Hong Kong authorities used Beijing’s national security law to shut it down. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Jimmy Lai built Apple Daily into one of Hong Kong’s most-read newspapers. It reported what Beijing wanted buried. When Hong Kongers marched for their freedoms, Jimmy marched with them. Beijing put him in prison for it. He has not backed down. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Jimmy Lai on a quiet evening at home with his children. Jimmy built Apple Daily into one of Hong Kong’s most widely read newspapers and used it to defend a free press. Today he is serving a 20-year sentence in a Hong Kong prison for that work. In fragile health and held in solitary confinement, it is effectively a life sentence. His children grew up with him close by. Now they wait for him to come home. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

An ordinary evening with family. Jimmy Lai has not had one in nearly 6 years. Jimmy, 78, is serving a 20-year sentence in Hong Kong for publishing a pro-democracy newspaper. He is held in solitary confinement, in fragile health, far from his wife and children. Jimmy should be at this table, not in a prison cell. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

They took more than his freedom. They took moments like this one. The kind you can't schedule or recreate. The kind that only happen when a family is together. Jimmy Lai has been in solitary confinement since 2020. His family is still waiting for him to come home. #FreeJimmyLai

Sebastien Lai described his father’s prison conditions to @shehabkhan on @zeteo_news. He said the cell is less than 60 square feet, with natural light blocked off. In summer, Jimmy Lai bakes in the heat. “All of these things are aimed to break him.” Jimmy is 78. He has been in prison for nearly six years. Watch here: zeteo.uk/p/it-is-a-death-sen… #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

A cancer diagnosis. A father in prison. Claire Lai is carrying both. Speaking with @MaryMargOlohan of @realDailyWire, she said: “He wishes only now to spend his twilight years serving Our Lord with his family.” Read here: bit.ly/4B81bD8 #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Earlier this year, Claire Lai was diagnosed with cancer. She recently began treatment in the UK. Her father heard the news from a prison cell in Hong Kong, where he has been held for nearly 6 years. In an interview with @MaryMargOlohan of @realDailyWire, Claire said the hardest part has been hearing about her “dad crying whenever he talks about it.” Read the full piece, link in bio. #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

On @cnn, Sebastien Lai told @jimsciutto that the President of the United States has asked Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai multiple times. So have the G7, the European Union and leaders around the world. Beijing still won’t let him go. Jimmy has been held for nearly six years, and his health is failing. “All they’ve essentially found is that he’s guilty of journalism.” #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Claire Lai is thanking @POTUS for raising her father's case with Xi Jinping again. "This gives me a great deal of confidence that it is under President Trump's leadership that my father will be freed," she told @realDailyWire's @MaryMargOlohan. Read here: dailywire.com/news/jimmy-lai… #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Very hopeful comments from @POTUS today about his conversations with Xi about Jimmy Lai. It's imperative that Xi knows that the US will not back down until Jimmy is free. #FreeJimmyLai

Jimmy Lai spends 23 hours a day alone in a small concrete cell. The guards have covered his windows. When they move him through the prison, they put up tarps so no one can see him. His son Sebastien spoke with @NewStatesman about what nearly 6 years of solitary confinement has done to his 78-year-old father. "If something is not done soon, he will die in prison." Read here: newstatesman.com/the-weekend… #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

As @POTUS hosted Xi Jinping at the White House, Sebastien Lai joined @EWTN News with one ask: bring his father home. Jimmy Lai has spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement. His health is failing, and a 20-year sentence hangs over him. "There's no upside in keeping my father in prison. It's all downside." #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome