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Keir Starmer · LondonThe Committee to Protect Journalists joined 71 other press freedom and human rights organizations in an August 21 joint letter calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to secure UK citizen and publisher Jimmy Lai’s release on medical grounds. Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has suffered deteriorating health, including heart palpitations and feelings of “collapse,” while behind bars for nearly five y…See the Story
CPJ Joins 71 Groups in Call to Secure Jimmy Lai’s Release on Medical Grounds - Committee to Protect Journalists
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United Nations · ChinaA U.N. human rights expert is urging the Chinese communist regime to uphold the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders and disclose detailed information about several detained activists, including missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
Mary Lawlor, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said she was “disturbed by consistent allegations” about the ill-treatment of human rights advocates imprisone…See the Story
China Must Stop Human Rights Abuses Against Imprisoned Activists, UN Expert Says
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