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U.S. Government and Senators Condemn Chinese Communist Party Government for Further Eroding Hongkongers' Freedom

The vice-president of the United State Mike Pence, State Secretary Mike Pompeo and senators including Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney have voiced support for Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, after Lai, his two sons and 4 management executives from Next Media were arrested by the Hong Kong Police.

Using #FreeJimmyLai as a hashtag, Pence reiterated his support for Lai and "all freedom loving people of Hong Kong", while Pompeo pointed out that the arrests are "further proof that the CCP has eviscerated Hong Kong’s freedoms and eroded the rights of its people."

Source: Stand News #Aug11
Twitter: Mike Pence; Mike Pompeo

Further Reading:
Hong Kong Arrests Jimmy Lai, Media Mogul, Under National Security Law

www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests-lai-national-security-law.html

Japanese Netizens Show Concern Over the Arrest of Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Agnes Chow
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#Taiwan President #TsaiIngWen: Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai

In a social media post on December 16, 2020, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen talked about a recent photo of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Digital, who was charged with a suspected violation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

In the photo, Lai was being handcuffed and entangled in a metal chain around his waist on his way to court. Tsai said that the photo was "infuriating".

Tsai said, "the Human Rights Day has just passed, but Hong Kong's human rights are still in its butter winter. Staying true to my insistence on the value of democracy and freedom, I want to openly voice my support for Mr. Jimmy Lai. I want to let him know that the whole of Taiwan, and the whole world are watching this scene. It is not Mr. Lai who was humiliated, but Hong Kong's freedom and the rule of law."

Source: Citizen News #Dec16

https://www.hkcnews.com/article/36489/%E8%94%A1%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87-%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1-36489/%E9%BB%8E%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%B1

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