{"id":20880,"date":"2024-11-19T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=20880"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:25:33","slug":"chairs-statement-on-the-trial-of-jimmy-lai-and-sentences-in-the-hong-kong-47-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/chairs-statement-on-the-trial-of-jimmy-lai-and-sentences-in-the-hong-kong-47-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de los presidentes sobre el juicio de Jimmy Lai y las sentencias en el caso de los 47 de Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington)\u2014The Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Representative Christoper Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) issued the following statement on the expected trial of Jimmy Lai and the sentencing of pro-democracy advocates commonly known as the \u201cHong Kong 47\u201d (HK47).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe expected trial of Jimmy Lai and sentencing of the HK47 advocates violates international law and must be widely condemned\u2014including by the U.S. State Department. The Biden administration should levy sanctions on judges and prosecutors responsible for undermining democracy and human rights in Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThese politically motivated prosecutions are occurring at the same time that dozens of U.S. CEOs are being wined and dined by Hong Kong officials and urged to invest in Hong Kong. Each of these U.S. financial titans should be asked whether the Hong Kong government\u2019s mass detentions of political prisoners and regular bulldozing of the rule of law undermine the city\u2019s attractiveness as an international commercial and financial center.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe also note the Hong Kong government\u2019s ongoing efforts to suppress domestic and overseas dissent, relying on institutions such as the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) to surveil political activism and push Chinese government propaganda in the United States. We urge Congress to pass our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/bills\/hr1103\/BILLS-118hr1103pcs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification&nbsp;Act&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>to potentially strip diplomatic immunities from HKETOs.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington)\u2014The Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Representative Christoper Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) issued the following statement on the expected trial of Jimmy Lai and the sentencing of pro-democracy advocates commonly known as the \u201cHong Kong 47\u201d (HK47). \u201cThe expected trial of Jimmy Lai and sentencing of the HK47 advocates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-20880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chairs&#039; 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