@SupportJimmyLai

Democracy. Faith. Freedom. Join the campaign to #FreeJimmyLai, led by his son Sebastien and daughter Claire. Press: [email protected]

 London, England
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Joined December 2022
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#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
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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
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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
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Zeteo UK@zeteoukOct 16
"If I leave, I live comfortably. But if I stay, I'll live meaningfully." Sebastian Lai tells @ShehabKhan why his father, jailed Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, chose to stay and fight.
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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
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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
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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
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Jimmy Lai's name came up at last week's Trump-Xi summit. President Trump told @DailySignal he discussed political prisoners with Xi Jinping, including Jimmy. "I think we had some very, very important discussions," he said. Jimmy is 78 and has spent nearly 6 years in prison. He is serving a 20-year sentence. Read here: dailysignal.com/2026/09/30/t… #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome
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Article by: @TheElizMitchell
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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
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Trump says he raised the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping: "I did. We talked, and I think we had some very important discussions--hopefully fruitful discussions."
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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
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
@TheElizMitchellSep 30
BIG NEWS: @POTUS tells @DailySignal he had "hopefully fruitfully" discussions with Xi about political prisoners in China, including American Min Zin and Jimmy Lai. "We talked, and I think we had some very, very important discussions. Hopefully, fruitful discussions."
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BIG NEWS: @POTUS tells @DailySignal he had "hopefully fruitfully" discussions with Xi about political prisoners in China, including American Min Zin and Jimmy Lai. "We talked, and I think we had some very, very important discussions. Hopefully, fruitful discussions."
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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
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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
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The New Statesman
@NewStatesmanSep 26
This was not the first time in Jimmy Lai’s life he had faced a difficult choice. After he spoke out against the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, Sebastien said his father was pressured by the authorities to keep quiet or risk losing his clothing business in mainland China. “He had to decide: do you keep expanding your business, or do you stick by what you believe in, what you know to be right? And obviously everybody knows the path he chose.” newstatesman.com/the-weekend…

Sebastien Lai: We can't let my father die in prison 

The son of the imprisoned media tycoon Jimmy Lai is on a mission to free his father

newstatesman.com
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Ted Cruz
@tedcruzSep 25
The Trump administration should do everything they can to secure Jimmy Lai’s release from China. @benfergusonshow and I discuss on the latest pod: Communist China Comes to Washington, Democrat Hasan Piker wants to Put Americans in Chinese Jails & Talarico “Pastor” Says She Doesn’t Believe in Jesus podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Dana Loesch
@DLoeschSep 25
Can he also send Jimmy Lai?
Polymarket
@PolymarketSep 24
JUST IN: Xi Jinping announces China will send 2 giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, calling them an “envoy of friendship” during his meeting with Trump.
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Sebastien Lai joined @MeetThePress ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to Washington this week. He said he's confident @POTUS will negotiate his father's release with Xi. Jimmy Lai has been in prison for nearly 6 years. Watch here: nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/v… #FreeJimmyLai #BringHimHome

Son of imprisoned Hong Kong activist says he’s ‘confident’ Trump will negotiate release with Xi

Sebastien Lai, son of imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, joins Meet the Press NOW to share his hopes that President Trump will discuss the release of his father from prison with...

nbcnews.com
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What about Jimmy Lai? @ClayTravis and @BuckSexton ask @SteveYates of @NSwithYates whether Trump will press XI to release the inprisoned dissident. YATES: "I try to highlight the case, because it really tests, is Xi capable of mercy when the world is watching?"
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