Himself a noted victim of lawfare, President Donald Trump should now push Beijing to order political prisoner Jimmy Lai released — ASAP.
On Monday, 54 organizations signed onto The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation’s appeals to Congress and Trump “to take strong, concrete steps” to force Hong Kong and its Chinese Communist Party overlords to release Lai.
Time is running out to act: Lai, 78 and in poor health, will die in prison if not allowed to go into exile.
Going to the mat for the pro-democracy activist before his next (kangaroo!) court date, now set for Jan. 12, isn’t just the right thing to do — it will also signal to China’s rulers that they can’t expect Washington to turn a blind eye when they criminalize being a friend to the United States, and promoting Western values.
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