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The Politics of Solidarity: Why German Cities Keep Raising the Tibetan Flag on March 10 - The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation This blog is authored by Tenzyn Zöchbauer, executive director at Tibet Initiative Deutschland.  On March 10, hundreds of cities, towns,

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: On the anniversary of the 1959 #Tibet uprising, @tibetinitiative.bsky.social's Tenzyn Zochbauer shares why raising the #Tibet flag across #Germany signals solidarity with #Tibetans, #HongKongers, #Uyghurs — targets of #CCP #TransnationalRepression.

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NEWSLETTER: Shocking evidence of London's #HongKong Economic and Trade Office #HKETO spying on #HK dissidents emerges as U.K. police round up another group of men accused of spying for #China.

Where will it all end?

🗞️https://thecfhk.org/hong-kong-and-china-spy-probes-rattle-the-u-k/

FLAME OF FREEDOM: It's time for the U.K. Government to stand up to #China's unceasing interference in Britain's domestic affairs, writes our U.K. head of advocacy Tomas Roberto...

🔥https://thecfhk.org/britain-under-siege-what-the-latest-spy-arrests-say-about-britains-hong-kong-and-china-strategy/

NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social calls on @houseofcommons.parliament.uk's Business & Trade Committee to launch an inquiry into how #HongKong is supplying British tech in support of #Russia's war in #Ukraine.

🔗https://thecfhk.org/ukraine-impact-our-report-shows-how-hong-kong-fuels-russias-war/

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: In #LunarNewYear week, our policy and advocacy manager @chloecheung.bsky.social writes a poem to the #HongKong that raised her, lamenting she cannot return to her home city while it remains under Chinese Communist Party rule.

"Dear Hong Kong" — thecfhk.org/dear-hong-ko...

Da Hong Kong alla Russia. La rete che porta tecnologia europea nella guerra di Putin Un’indagine basata su dati doganali e componenti recuperati sul campo di battaglia ricostruisce il ruolo dell'ex colonia inglese nella riesportazione di tecnologia europea verso la Russia do...

👏👏 Giulia Pompili for the Italian scoop on our new report in @ilfoglio.bsky.social, highlighting #HongKong traders, epitomized by Woeroon Electronics, delivering sanctioned goods to #Russia.

Time to sanction those responsible in #HK and help end war in #Ukraine.

www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2026/...

Thank you for your reporting on our new report and the story of how #HongKong exported high-risk European technology worth at least 191 million euros in the first two years of the full-scale invasion, helping to power #Russia's illegal war in #Ukraine.

Full report: thecfhk.org/research/eur...

2/2 Co-authors @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @chloecheung.bsky.social reveal the #HK-based companies feeding technology from British, Dutch, French, German, Poland-based, and Swiss firms into the Kremlin’s war machine, reinforcing the need to exert tighter control over supply of military components.

🛑PRESS RELEASE: Today, our latest report exposes #HongKong’s role as a primary hub through which European weapons components continue to support #Russia’s war against #Ukraine.

Read the full release: thecfhk.org/new-cfhk-rep...

Starmer secured a few wins in Beijing – but given China’s ongoing threats to UK security, none justify his visit Following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Beijing trip, the question remains: was it worth it? By the measure of national security, moral leadership ...

For @thehousemag.bsky.social, #HongKong activist @chloecheung.bsky.social asks whether Keir Starmer's #China trip was worth it?

"By the measure of national security, moral leadership over #FreeJimmyLai, and strategic prudence, the answer is certainly no..."

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🗞️NEWSLETTER: After #JimmyLai's effective death sentence and the retaliatory conviction of Anna Kwok's father for her pro-democracy activism, attention shifts to consequences for the #HongKong regime.

🔗https://thecfhk.org/jimmy-lai-sentencing-sparks-worldwide-condemnation-and-calls-for-sanctions/

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Our U.K. Director Mark Sabah
reflects on a #London Lunar New Year celebration tinged with sadness in the week that #JimmyLai and his #AppleDaily colleagues were sentenced to 6-20 years in prison, and vows to carry on the fight for a free #HongKong. 💪

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🗞️NEWSLETTER: #JimmyLai and former Apple Daily colleagues face sentencing in #HongKong, more members of the U.S. Congress get behind #HK legislation, and the Hong Kong Alliance trial is adjourned until after Lunar New Year.

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The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire...and China's Most Feared Critic - Mark Clifford in Conversation with Evan Osnos Elebash Recital Hall

China hands in NYC Feb 18: Come hear the amazing story of Jimmy Lai: "billionaire businessman...who became China’s most famous political prisoner." I'll interview biographer @marklclifford.bsky.social who heads
@thecfhk.bsky.social Details @cuny.edu's @biographyctr www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...

NEWSLETTER: UK govt ignores #HongKongers, residents & allies to hand #China Europe's largest embassy as Chow Hang-tung, Albert Ho & Lee Cheuk-yan face 10 yrs in prison for remembering #Tiananmen.

🔗https://thecfhk.org/red-flag-over-london-u-k-greenlights-chinas-mega-embassy-despite-security-uproar/

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Heralding her arrival as
@thecfhk.bsky.social's new global head of communications,
Elisha Maldonado reflects on a decade spent turning #HongKongers' stories into impactful journalism and advocacy.

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Our staffer @chloecheung.bsky.social reacts to today's U.K. govt decision to approve #China's mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court in #London:

“I’m deeply angry & disappointed at the government’s decision to ignore the opposition of so many..."

Full statement: thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...

NEWSLETTER: U.S. Congress readies #HongKong legislation, mitigation ends in #JimmyLai's trial and we remember #HK investor and freedom advocate David Webb.

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🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: In memory of David Webb, the brilliant mind behind Webb-site.com who sadly passed away this week, our president Mark Clifford recalls why the freedom-fighting activist shareholder was loved and respected by so many in #HongKong.

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How China's 'terrifying' new London embassy could house a spy FACTORY STARING at the site of China’s planned mega- embassy in the heart of London, Hong Kong democracy campaigner Chloe Cheung shudders and declares: “It terrifies me.” Little wonder. For articulate and …

👏👏 @olliesun.bsky.social for nailing all the reasons why approving #China's #London embassy would be a terrible idea for Britain & #HongKongers.

@chloecheung.bsky.social told @thesun.co.uk: “Don't approve it. It will be a spy hub that would harm everyone in the UK”
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3790178...

Taoiseach's China visit tests Ireland's global position While Micheál Martin was in China for an official visit aimed at improving economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing, it ended up being events on the other side of the world that garnered much of the ...

Great to hear that Irish PM Micheál Martin raised #JimmyLai with Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Ireland doing the right thing by keeping #HumanRights on the agenda.

Now will @Keir_Starmer do the same for his own citizen when he visits?

#FreeJimmyLai

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STATEMENT: Mitigation pleas have begun in #JimmyLai's trial in #HongKong.

@thecfhk.bsky.social President Mark Clifford said the charade reminds us of the suffering endured not just by Lai but his #AppleDaily co-defendants, too.

Read the full statement: thecfhk.org/hong-kong-co...

NEWSLETTER: Lord Sumption's takedown of the #JimmyLai verdict causes confusion about the basis of #HongKong law as Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP calls for sanctions on the #HK officials responsible in @houseofcommons.parliament.uk ...

🔗https://thecfhk.org/attacks-on-jimmy-lai-verdict-anger-beijing/

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: @fortifyrights.bsky.social senior Director Ben Rogers warns of dark days for #HongKong & calls on world leaders including UK PM Keir Starmer to put #FreeJimmyLai & the freedom of all #HK political prisoners at the heart of upcoming talks with Beijing.

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Jimmy Lai: The (Not So Honorable) Australian Connection The National Security Law sent the dissident to jail. Australia hosted and honored a trio of Hong Kong National Security Law judges in March 2025.

#Australia's govt said it was "deeply concerned" by #JimmyLai's guilty verdict - but nothing from the judiciary in #Canberra or #Sydney.

Could that be because they're too busy having tea with #HongKong's National Security Law judges?

Shame!

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🗞️NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social leads reaction to #JimmyLai's travesty of a guilty verdict in #HongKong as pressure mounts for Western leaders to take a stand on #FreeJimmyLai.

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Hong Kong: US must take action following Jimmy Lai verdict - ARTICLE 19 Following the verdict against Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong, the US must take action to secure his release and protect free expression.

ARTICLE 19 joined @thecfhk.bsky.social + more than 50 orgs in urging President Donald Trump + Congress to take action following the verdict against Jimmy Lai –  a grave escalation of Beijing's crackdown on press freedom and political dissent.

#FreeJimmyLai

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What the West Keeps Getting Wrong About China Britain’s so-called golden era of relations with China ended ignominiously and has few defenders left. Yet have the lessons of this epochal misstep really been learned? For all the greater weight give...

@mbrooker.bsky.social reviews Martin Thorley's must-read new book, "All That Glistens," on how the CCP expertly exploits UK elites' greed & naivety in its own interests.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump should stand up for fellow lawfare victim Jimmy Lai President Trump and Congress have plenty of leverage to force Hong Kong and its Chinese Communist Party overlords to release pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.

Trump can bring the hammer down by sanctioning Chinese & #HongKong officials who targeted #JimmyLai, including the prosecutors who brought the sham charges & the 3 CCP-lapdog judges who convicted him - proving the US won’t sit back & watch freedom fighters get railroaded.

nypost.com/2025/12/29/o...

4/4 As @thecfhk's @frances_hui warns, time is running out.

Defending journalism, democracy, and free speech must come with real consequences for repression.

#FreeJimmyLai