China/Hong Kong: Amnesty International recognizes three activists as prisoners of conscience

By Amnesty International

Amnesty International today designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned solely because of their peaceful human rights activism. Amnesty International has called for their immediate release. […] The post China/Hong Kong: Amnesty International recognizes three activists as prisoners of conscience appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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