#FreeJimmyLai

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Hong Kong's most prominent political prisoner, media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, has now spent 1,500 days in jail.

Lai, who is now 77 years old, a British citizen and a devout Catholic, is held in solitary confinement and reportedly only permitted 50 minutes of exercise per day. That means he spends over 23 hours daily without natural light, fresh air, or human contact except with prison guards. A diabetic, he has been denied independent medical care and concerns are growing about his failing health.

For over four years, since his arrest in December 2020, Lai has been imprisoned on multiple fabricated charges. These include a 13-month sentence for lighting a candle and saying a prayer at a vigil to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and a 14-month sentence for participating in a peaceful protest in 2019, sentences he has now served.

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