FLAME OF FREEDOM: Andrei Sannikov, former president-elect of #Belarus, warns that democracy is facing its most severe crisis since the Cold War, but hope remains if the West acts early to support people power.
🔥thecfhk.org/from-belarus-to-hong-kon...
NEWSLETTER: From brazen asset seizures to ballooning #Iran-linked trade, the increasing risk of doing business in #HongKong should make investors sit up and take notice.
📰thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundation-leads-ne...
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Eleanora Mongelli calls for #Italy to better protect #HongKong dissidents at risk from #TransnationalRepression by authoritarian regimes.
🔥thecfhk.org/transnational-repression...
🚨U.K. PARLIAMENT EVENT🚨
Join us in #London for an evidence session following the release of our "Bypassing the Blockade: How Hong Kong Feeds European Technology Into Russia’s War in Ukraine" report, co-authored by @chloecheung.bsky.social &
@samuelbickett.bsky.social.
RSVP to info@thecfhk.org
NEWSLETTER: The movement mourns Koo Sze-yiu, who died this week after a lifetime of protest against Chinese Communist Party oppression in #HongKong.
🗞️thecfhk.org/veteran-hong-kong-activi...
FLAME OF FREEDOM: @kongtsunggan.bsky.social reflects on the passing of Koo Sze-yiu, the stalwart #HongKong activist arrested more than a dozen times for protesting injustice and standing up for labor rights.
🔥thecfhk.org/koo-sze-yiu-hong-kongs-l...
NEWSLETTER: The arrest of independent bookseller Pong Yat-ming and three of his staff further chills freedom of expression in #HongKong as new national security laws give police power to demand digital passwords without a warrant.
📰thecfhk.org/what-kind-of-city-locks-...
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign's Jonas Helyar argues that democracies need a NATO Article 5-style response to deter hostage-taking by authoritarian states.
#HongKong #Iran #Russia
🔥thecfhk.org/rise-in-state-hostage-ta...
STATEMENT: Committee for Freedom in #HongKong President Mark Clifford responds to the arrest of a #HK bookseller on suspicion of selling seditious materials, namely his #JimmyLai biography.
🗞️thecfhk.org/cfhk-president-mark-clif...
NEWSLETTER: The trial of the Hong Kong Alliance and its former leaders for "incitement to subversion" reduces to ridicule #HongKong's once celebrated rule of law.
🗞️thecfhk.org/hong-kong-alliance-trial...
FLAME OF FREEDOM: Stand with Hong Kong's Narayan Liu argues that Europe must tackle #TransnationalRepression stemming from #HongKong if the bloc's bid to be more assertive and sovereign is to succeed.
🔥thecfhk.org/hong-kong-a-pivotal-test...
NEWSLETTER: @wsj.com's editors urge Congress to close #HongKong trade offices in the U.S., amid court revelations regarding the #London #HKETO's use of mercenaries to harass pro-democracy activists.
🗞️thecfhk.org/london-hong-kong-trade-o...
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: On the anniversary of the 1959 #Tibet uprising, @tibetinitiative.bsky.social's Tenzyn Zochbauer shares why raising the #Tibet flag across #Germany signals solidarity with #Tibetans, #HongKongers, #Uyghurs — targets of #CCP #TransnationalRepression.
thecfhk.org/the-politics...
NEWSLETTER: Shocking evidence of London's #HongKong Economic and Trade Office #HKETO spying on #HK dissidents emerges as U.K. police round up another group of men accused of spying for #China.
Where will it all end?
🗞️thecfhk.org/hong-kong-and-china-spy-...
FLAME OF FREEDOM: It's time for the U.K. Government to stand up to #China's unceasing interference in Britain's domestic affairs, writes our U.K. head of advocacy Tomas Roberto...
🔥thecfhk.org/britain-under-siege-what...
NEWSLETTER: @thecfhk.bsky.social calls on @houseofcommons.parliament.uk's Business & Trade Committee to launch an inquiry into how #HongKong is supplying British tech in support of #Russia's war in #Ukraine.
🔗thecfhk.org/ukraine-impact-our-repor...
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: In #LunarNewYear week, our policy and advocacy manager @chloecheung.bsky.social writes a poem to the #HongKong that raised her, lamenting she cannot return to her home city while it remains under Chinese Communist Party rule.
"Dear Hong Kong" — thecfhk.org/dear-hong-ko...
👏👏 Giulia Pompili for the Italian scoop on our new report in @ilfoglio.bsky.social, highlighting #HongKong traders, epitomized by Woeroon Electronics, delivering sanctioned goods to #Russia.
Time to sanction those responsible in #HK and help end war in #Ukraine.
www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2026/...
Thank you for your reporting on our new report and the story of how #HongKong exported high-risk European technology worth at least 191 million euros in the first two years of the full-scale invasion, helping to power #Russia's illegal war in #Ukraine.
Full report: thecfhk.org/research/eur...
2/2 Co-authors @samuelbickett.bsky.social & @chloecheung.bsky.social reveal the #HK-based companies feeding technology from British, Dutch, French, German, Poland-based, and Swiss firms into the Kremlin’s war machine, reinforcing the need to exert tighter control over supply of military components.
🛑PRESS RELEASE: Today, our latest report exposes #HongKong’s role as a primary hub through which European weapons components continue to support #Russia’s war against #Ukraine.
Read the full release: thecfhk.org/new-cfhk-rep...
For @thehousemag.bsky.social, #HongKong activist @chloecheung.bsky.social asks whether Keir Starmer's #China trip was worth it?
"By the measure of national security, moral leadership over #FreeJimmyLai, and strategic prudence, the answer is certainly no..."
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
🗞️NEWSLETTER: After #JimmyLai's effective death sentence and the retaliatory conviction of Anna Kwok's father for her pro-democracy activism, attention shifts to consequences for the #HongKong regime.
🔗thecfhk.org/jimmy-lai-sentencing-spa...
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Our U.K. Director Mark Sabah
reflects on a #London Lunar New Year celebration tinged with sadness in the week that #JimmyLai and his #AppleDaily colleagues were sentenced to 6-20 years in prison, and vows to carry on the fight for a free #HongKong. 💪
thecfhk.org/cfhk-turns-l...
🗞️NEWSLETTER: #JimmyLai and former Apple Daily colleagues face sentencing in #HongKong, more members of the U.S. Congress get behind #HK legislation, and the Hong Kong Alliance trial is adjourned until after Lunar New Year.
thecfhk.org/jimmy-lai-an...
China hands in NYC Feb 18: Come hear the amazing story of Jimmy Lai: "billionaire businessman...who became China’s most famous political prisoner." I'll interview biographer @marklclifford.bsky.social who heads
@thecfhk.bsky.social Details @cuny.edu's @biographyctr www.gc.cuny.edu/events/troub...
NEWSLETTER: UK govt ignores #HongKongers, residents & allies to hand #China Europe's largest embassy as Chow Hang-tung, Albert Ho & Lee Cheuk-yan face 10 yrs in prison for remembering #Tiananmen.
🔗thecfhk.org/red-flag-over-london-u-k...
🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: Heralding her arrival as
@thecfhk.bsky.social's new global head of communications,
Elisha Maldonado reflects on a decade spent turning #HongKongers' stories into impactful journalism and advocacy.
thecfhk.org/turning-hong...
Our staffer @chloecheung.bsky.social reacts to today's U.K. govt decision to approve #China's mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court in #London:
“I’m deeply angry & disappointed at the government’s decision to ignore the opposition of so many..."
Full statement: thecfhk.org/cfhk-foundat...
