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Hong Kong rejects bishops’ petition to free Jimmy Lai
November 10, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: The government of Hong Kong has rejected a plea by a group of Catholic bishops for the release of Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned Catholic democracy activist. The government described the “distorted words” of the prelates’ petition as a bit “to interfere in the internal affairs of Hong Kong,” and suggested that the petition amounted to “contempt of court.”
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