Comment on 'The plight of Jimmy Lai shames us all:' Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai now exceeded 1,600 days in solitary confinement, yet has committed no crime

• bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I get that you dislike China, but sedition is a crime everywhere.

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• freagle@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He collaborated with war Hawks in the USA like Bolton and Pompeo as part of his campaign as a British national to fight against the return of Hong Kong to the governance of China, spread anti-chinese propaganda, and politically organizing against the state.

  That’s all that’s needed. If a British national who lived in California and built up relationships with Russian and Iranian leaders was organizing politically to have California secede from the USA you can be damned sure that person would be in prison.

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• Horse@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  conspiring with the US government against China

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  • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These are empty words. What exactly did he do?

    If you just parrot propaganda, I won’t respond anymore.

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    • Horse@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      he had private meetings with Pence, Pompeo, and Bolton while being a prominent proponent of a protest movement heavily boosted and funded by states hostile to China

      an analogue would be a rich businessman affiliated with the Scottish independence movement meeting with Mishustin, Lavrov, and Belousov,

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    • bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He is a media mogul advocating for sedition, why do you play dumb?

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    • freagle@lemmygrad.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This article that you posted is you parroting propaganda. Try not to immediately believe everything Western media tells you and try not to immediately dismiss anything that runs counter to the Western propaganda line.

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