21 August 2020 Our reference: MC2020/16380 The Lord Alton of Liverpool House of Lords London SW1A 0PW Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for your email of 10 August to the Foreign Secretary about Hong Kong. I...
In describing the courageous Jimmy Lai as a contemporary “man for all seasons” – the Wall Street Journal says that ” When a billionaire becomes a dissident, the takeover of Hong Kong is complete”. Hong Kong Free Press carries a defence of free speech and press freedom – History tells us that regimes die from their own poison after gagging the press.
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/18/history-tells-us-that-regimes-die-from-their-own-poison-after-gagging-the-press/ History tells us that regimes die from their own poison after gagging the press by LORD...
Jimmy Lai’s arrest vividly illustrates the way in which the Chinese Communist Party will use its new Security Law to drive a stake into the very heart of Kong Kong’s freedoms and liberties, most notably the freedom of the press and anyone who dares to express support for democracy and free speech.
Jimmy Lai’s arrest vividly illustrates the way in which the Chinese Communist Party will use its new Security Law to drive a stake into the very heart of Kong Kong’s freedoms and liberties, most notably the freedom of the press and anyone who dares to express...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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