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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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Interpol · LondonIn September 2022, I came to the UK in the hope of leaving behind an overbearing and censorious state. In 2021, an op-ed I wrote for the Nikkei Asia Review provoked the ire of the Singaporean authorities because I exposed their feigned ignorance about cartels abusing lockdown loopholes during Covid-19. The UK state – while much lessSee the Story
Singapore-Style Repression Has Come to Britain
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