LONDON: Dozens of lawmakers from across the world called on Tuesday (Nov 19) for the immediate and unconditional release of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, before he is due to give evidence in his collusion trial in Hong Kong.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb 1, 2021. LONDON: Dozens of lawmakers from across the world called on Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai , before he is due to give evidence in his collusion trial in Hong Kong .
"His health is deteriorating. He has been held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in Hong Kong for almost four years. This is inhumane", they wrote, calling the charges against him"trumped up".The separate charges against Lai, who founded the now-shuttered popular tabloid Apple Daily, revolve around the newspaper's publications, which supported the pro-democracy protests and criticised Beijing's leadership.
But the parliamentarians said his trial was"tainted with unfairness", involving"hand-picked judges" and evidence allegedly obtained by torture.
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