Teresa and Claire Lai greeted Leo after the general audience on Wednesday, appearing in the black attire traditionally worn by women greeting the pope.

The Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday issued a stern warning to certain US politicians,

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) spearheaded a bipartisan group of more than 30 Senate colleagues today in a direct appeal to President Donald Trump, urging him to use his expected meeting with Communist Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming APEC conference to secure the release of unjustly imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy leader,

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned Hong Kong democracy advocate and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily.

Letter signed by bipartisan group of 38 US senators urges US president to secure Lai’s release and put human rights back on the agenda.