Jimmy Lai should be in the same league as the many political prisoners who garnered widespread attention through international campaigns. People such as:

> Nelson Mandela
> Aung San Suu Kyi
> Václav Havel

Somehow, the international media and Hollywood celebrities are relatively muted.

One can only speculate as to why. Many don’t want to anger Jimmy’s persecutors (the CCP), for they will suffer economic consequences.

Perhaps Jimmy - being both a Christian and a vocal free market advocate - doesn’t align with their values.

Whatever the reason, I hope the UK and US government manage to intervene somehow.

The 78 yr old media mogul who founded Apple Day in Hong Kong has been convicted under national security offenses.

Over the last 5 years he has been held in solitary confinement, awaiting his sentencing. During this time, the Chinese government denied him access to Holy Communion and other sacraments.

As a British citizen, Jimmy could have fled and lived the remainder of his life as a free man. But he chose to stay behind alongside the people of Hong Kong whose plight he has illuminated and defended for so long.

As @benedictrogers writes,

“The two leaders who more than any other have a responsibility to demand his release: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo has at least sent a symbolic message by meeting Mr Lai’s wife and daughter recently. Keir Starmer has condemned the verdict. But both must now join forces to mobilise the world to free Mr Lai

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