The founder of the pro-democracy “Apple Daily” newspaper has been held in solitary confinement for 4½ years. It is time to turn sympathy into action, and words into meaningful measures.
Jimmy Lai has been held in solitary confinement in a Hong Kong jail for more than four years. AP
Dictatorships use solitary confinement as a form of torture, designed to break the prisoner’s spirit. Under international law, “prolonged solitary confinement” is defined as exceeding 15 days.
British citizen and 77-year-old media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, in jail in Hong Kong, has now exceeded 1600 days in solitary confinement, yet has committed no crime.
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