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"The goal of solitary confinement is to break the person - physically, mentally, and spiritually.... He knew he was a target from the start, but he stayed to defend his people." - Sebastien Lai speaking about his father #JimmyLai. buff.ly/3AJZCRT

"If Hong Kong helped make Lai, it is now trying to break him." #FreeJimmyLai via Austin Ramzy buff.ly/4fSQadS

"In these harsh convictions, the will of the people is being ignored and the rule of law degraded. It is now undeniable: Advocating for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong is indeed a crime." Michael C. Davis Journal of Democracy buff.ly/3ZjPkkJ

A great week building new relationships in #Vienna #Austria around how to creatively and proactively nurture and practice #democracy - globally and locally. Laying the foundation among MPs, academics, NGOs, artists, journalists, etc., excited to grow our work in the new year.

Thank you to Hon. Petra Bayr global, a member of the Austria National Council, for meeting with me to discuss human rights in Hong Kong and Austria. We have so many shared experiences and challenges regarding threats, censorship, and surveillance by foreign regimes. Let's get to work.

Honored to meet Beate Meinl-Reisinger, the leader of NEOS - Das Neue Österreich, and her colleague, Veit Dengler. Human rights have no borders or ideological boundaries; engagement with one's own political process domestically is the foundation of a sustained commitment to democracy & freedom abroad.

Protection for Hong Kongers residing in the US has been extended & expanded. "I am therefore directing an extension & expansion of the deferral of removal of certain Hong Kong residents, regardless of country of birth, who are present in the US. " @Potus buff.ly/4ah9sb9

President Joe Biden President Donald J. Trump has extended and expanded the immigration protection granted to #HongKongers currently residing in the US, allowing them to legally stay and work even if their visas are or will expire.

Watch: Wilson Center Global Fellow Michael C Davis joined by Kellee Tsai, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University and Robert Daly, Director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. buff.ly/3POXdJa

The arc of big tech does not bend toward freedom. That's our job. #RightsCon25 Thank you @RightsCon for a powerful week in #Taipei. It was great to collaborate with Proton to highlight encryption and how we can break the status quo build around centralized control.

ICYMI: Chinese political artist @Badiucao sneaks message onto Mong Kok billboards for Hong Kong’s Art Week.#HereandNow x.com/badiucao/statu…

At #RightsCon2025, Namrata Maheshwari unpacked methods for fighting digital repression and building people-first tech with @1s4.bsky.social from The Tor Project, Andy Yen from Proton, and Samuel Chu 朱牧民 from The Campaign for Hong Kong. Here’s what we heard 🔽

Harvard-Yenching Institute annual roundtable: Authoritarianism in Hong Kong panel, including Dr. Michael Davis and Dr. Victoria Tin-bor Hui youtu.be/RI33aUv0cIs?fe…

Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/19/asi…

We were honored to nominate and award Jimmy Lai the 2025 Axel Springer Freedom Foundation's Award for Courage at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Lai's son, Sebastian, who has taken up the cause to free his father across the globe, accepted the award on his father's behalf.

Yesterday marked 1600 days of solidarity detention and imprisonment for Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. Every day, we spread his courageous stand and story to the world until he and all political prisoners are free. @supportjimmylai #freejimmylai