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09/10/2026

On CNN, Sebastien Lai told Jim Sciutto that the President of the United States has asked Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai multiple times. So have the G7, the European Union and leaders around the world. Beijing still won’t let him go. Jimmy has been held for nearly six years, and his health is failing.

“All they’ve essentially found is that he’s guilty of journalism.”

02/10/2026

Claire Lai is thanking President Donald J. Trump for raising her father's case with Xi Jinping again.

"This gives me a great deal of confidence that it is under President Trump's leadership that my father will be freed," she told Daily Wire.

Read here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/jimmy-lais-daughter-sees-new-hope-after-trump-raises-his-case-with-xi

02/10/2026

Jimmy Lai's name came up at last week's Trump-Xi summit.

President Trump told The Daily Signal he discussed political prisoners with Xi Jinping, including Jimmy. "I think we had some very, very important discussions," he said.

Jimmy is 78 and has spent nearly 6 years in prison. He is serving a 20-year sentence.

Read here: https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/30/trump-told-xi-political-prisoners/

01/10/2026

Very hopeful comments from President Donald J. Trump today about his conversations with Xi about Jimmy Lai. It's imperative that Xi knows that the US will not back down until Jimmy is free.

28/09/2026

Jimmy Lai spends 23 hours a day alone in a small concrete cell. The guards have covered his windows. When they move him through the prison, they put up tarps so no one can see him.

His son Sebastien spoke with The New Statesman about what nearly 6 years of solitary confinement has done to his 78-year-old father.

"If something is not done soon, he will die in prison."

Read here: https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2026/09/sebastien-lai-jimmy-lai-china-prison-trump-burnham?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter =1790405584-2

28/09/2026

As President Donald J. Trump hosted Xi Jinping at the White House, Sebastien Lai joined EWTN News with one ask: bring his father home.

Jimmy Lai has spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement. His health is failing, and a 20-year sentence hangs over him.

"There's no upside in keeping my father in prison. It's all downside."

23/09/2026

Jimmy Lai is a British citizen. He is 78. He spent the summer in a small cell with no air conditioning, still in solitary, and he is getting weaker. His son, Sebastien Lai, told The Times and The Sunday Times that China gains nothing by keeping him there.

"After all, a martyr never dies."

Read here: https://www.thetimes.com/article/678ecd17-f57e-412a-8959-d48c68dd3ffa?shareToken=9a8856718d377f58233f4afcc1dfc90f

23/09/2026

Arthur Liu was on Beijing's most wanted list after Tiananmen. He escaped to the US, became a lawyer, and this year watched his daughter Alysa win Olympic gold in Milan.

Jimmy Lai stayed in Hong Kong and built Apple Daily. He is 78, and he has been in prison for nearly 6 years.

Writing in New York Post, Arthur Liu says what his family gained is what Jimmy is being denied.

"Only Xi can unlock the door."

Read here: https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/opinion/my-daughter-alysa-lius-olympic-gold-means-freedom-jimmy-lai-deserves-no-less/

23/09/2026