US lawmakers urge Trump to seek Jimmy Lai's release at China summit
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 7
US lawmakers urge Trump to seek Jimmy Lai's release at China summit
13 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 7
More than 100 lawmakers, including 68 senators, asked Trump to press Xi Jinping in Beijing on 14-15 May to free the 78-year-old British publisher.
The appeal follows Lai's February 20-year sentence in Hong Kong on national security charges he denies; Trump said on Monday he would raise the case.
The request injects human rights into a summit dominated by trade, Taiwan, AI and Iran tensions, as Lai's supporters say his age and health make diplomatic intervention urgent.
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