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20/08/2026

Jimmy Lai has been awarded the 2026 Kettering Democracy Prize.

The Charles F. Kettering Foundation is honoring Jimmy, 78, for his defense of free speech, a free press, and democracy in Hong Kong. He has spent nearly 6 years in prison for it, and remains in solitary confinement today.

The medal will be presented in Washington, D.C., in November. He should be there to accept it.

20/08/2026

Two people who built a life together, who chose each other, who deserved decades more of moments like this one.

Teresa Lai has been waiting for her husband for nearly 6 years. Jimmy Lai remains in solitary confinement at 78, serving a 20-year sentence for defending democracy and a free press.

Bring him home to her.

11/08/2026

"He is held in solitary confinement, and his health is deteriorating rapidly."

Bishop James Curry has written to the Prime Minister, asking him to follow his predecessors in pressing for Jimmy Lai's release. He has also asked Catholics across England and Wales to pray for him.

Read here: https://bit.ly/4zaypkx

Bishop James Curry has written to the Prime Minister to ask him to do everything possible to secure the release of Jimmy Lai.

11/08/2026

Six years in solitary confinement. In letters from his cell, Jimmy Lai writes of faith, endurance, and a body that is failing him.

"I could not stand up after I sat back down in my cell," he wrote.

He is 78. His family says the 20-year sentence amounts to a death sentence.

Read here: https://bit.ly/3SpkCpG

06/08/2026

History remembers the people who refused to stay silent. Jimmy is one of them.

He denounced Chinese communism, defended the rule of law, and gave Hong Kong a free press, knowing exactly what it would cost him.

"I believe that if I do the right thing, the strength will come." — Jimmy Lai

28/07/2026

Jimmy Lai's international legal team was in Geneva this week. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC and Martha Spurrier have been briefing United Nations bodies and missions on the urgency of his case.

Jimmy Lai has been in prison for over five and a half years. It's time to .

19/07/2026

Today, Jimmy Lai and his wife Teresa celebrate 35 years of marriage.

This photo was taken before Jimmy's arrest, when he could still sit beside her over dinner.

For nearly six years now, a prison cell has taken that away. He is spending this milestone separated from the woman who has stood by him through everything.

He deserves to come home to her.

17/07/2026

"I was incredibly lucky that by the time that I was born, my dad was already a bit older...he was still very busy, but we got to spend a lot of time together growing up." — Sebastien Lai, son of

At 78 years old, Jimmy Lai sits in a Hong Kong prison cell, separated from his family for his pro-democracy advocacy. Now, he is serving an unjust life sentence.

It’s time to and .

09/07/2026

07/07/2026

Still reflecting on this day.

Claire Lai accepted the Freedom of Speech Award in Bonn on her father's behalf. Pictured here with MEP Engin Eroğlu, DW Director General Barbara Massing, and CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg.

Jimmy Lai couldn't be in the room. But the people who are fighting for him are showing up in force.

Photos: DW Global Media Forum