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Lawyers and witnesses urge U.S. pressure for Jimmy Lai’s release; cite health and solitary confinement
Summary
Legal counsel and witnesses told a Senate subcommittee that Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai faces severe detention conditions and urgent humanitarian risk, and they urged coordinated U.S. and allied diplomacy to press for his release.
WASHINGTON — Lawyers and advocates for Hong Kong democracy and press freedom urged the Senate subcommittee July 22 to press for the immediate and unconditional release of publisher and activist Jimmy Lai, saying his age, health and prolonged solitary confinement create an urgent humanitarian risk.
“Time is frankly running out for Mr. Lai,” Keelan Gallagher, an international human‑rights lawyer who represents Lai, told senators, citing nearly five years of detention and extended solitary…
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