Former prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai

Call for UK PM to act urgently over pro-democracy campaigner who has spent 1,602 days in solitary confinementFormer prisoners and hostages wrongly held abroad have urged the UK prime minister to urgently secure the release of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai before he dies in a Hong Kong jail.The 77-year-old media mogul, who is a British citizen, has been held in solitary confinement for 1,602 days and his family fears he might not survive another summer in Hong Kong, where temperatures can reach 40C (104F). Continue reading...

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