Ahead of President Trump’s visit to Beijing, HRF joined more than 20 Hong Kong diaspora organizations and civil society groups to call on the administration to include human rights on the upcoming summit’s agenda.

The joint statement calls for the release of Jimmy Lai and other prisoners of conscience, including Owen Chow and Chow Hang-tung. The signatories raise concerns surrounding Beijing’s escalating campaign of transnational repression targeting Hong Kongers abroad. Read the full statement.