Weigel: Jimmy Lai’s ‘Witness to Human Dignity’ an ‘Expression of His Faith’

‘He’s my hero’: NOTL comes together for Jimmy Lai, hotelier jailed for pro-democracy stances

Tears fell in Simcoe Park on Wednesday as residents, politicians and family members gathered in Niagara-on-the-Lake to demand freedom for Jimmy Lai — the Hong Kong publisher, democracy advocate and

Weigel: Jimmy Lai’s ‘witness to human dignity’ an ‘expression of his faith’

(OSV News) — As reports spread that U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China’s Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when they met in South Korea Oct. 30, American theologian George Weigel told OSV News that Lai “is a non-violent, deeply committed defender of not simply his rights to free speech, but to those of the people of Hong Kong” and that his “witness to human dignity and to basic human rights is an expr…

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

Liam Scott How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher. The post The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai appeared first on The Nation.

Weigel: Jimmy Lai's 'witness to human dignity' an 'expression of his faith'

As reports spread that U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China’s Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when they met in South Korea Oct. 30, American theologian George Weigel told OSV News that Lai “is a non-violent, deeply committed defender of not simply his rights to free speech, but to those of the people of Hong Kong” and that his “witness to human dignity and to basic human rights is an expression of his…