Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China Feb. 9, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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A House of Commons committee has unanimously passed a motion to condemn the 20-year prison sentence given to democracy activist Jimmy Lai on Feb. 9, and to call for his immediate release, saying Canada must hold the Chinese regime accountable for its repression.
Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar posted the motion on social media on Feb. 9 and said Lai is “a prisoner of conscience.”
Olivia Gomm is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
