Mark L. Clifford

1 month ago | nypost.com | Mark L. Clifford

Sebastien Lai, son of imprisoned Hong Kong media publisher Jimmy Lai, shows a picture of his father, during a preview of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

1 month ago | the-independent.com | Simon Calder |Mark L. Clifford

In FocusThe democracy activist has now spent four years in solitary confinement in Hong Kong for daring to criticise the Communist party. As a British citizen, he deserves more from our prime minister, who hasn't even agreed to meeting his son Sebastien, let alone seriously pushing to help his ailing father, writes Mark L CliffordJailed democracy activist Jimmy Lai fights for his life in Hong Kong. Last week, his son Sebastien delivered a letter to No 10 pleading for help.

1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Mark L. Clifford

In FocusThe democracy activist has now spent four years in solitary confinement in Hong Kong for daring to criticise the Communist party. As a British citizen, he deserves more from our prime minister, who hasn't even agreed to meet his son Sebastien, let alone seriously pushing to help his ailing father, writes Mark L CliffordJailed democracy activist Jimmy Lai fights for his life in Hong Kong. Last week, his son Sebastien delivered a letter to No 10 pleading for help.

1 month ago | literaryreview.co.uk | Mark L. Clifford

It was a clear morning on the Hong Kong waterfront. Three guests had been invited to sit on local market stools to take part in a live round-the-world radio show to celebrate seventy-five years of the BBC World Service. As the BBC person for Hong Kong at the time, I’d invited the guests and arranged the seats and the coffee, expecting some neat little statements about freedom of speech before another day at the office. But no.

Jan 7, 2025 | juicyecumenism.com | Mark L. Clifford |Bethany Moy |Ryan N. Danker |James Diddams

The TroublemakerHow Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared CriticBy Mark L. CliffordSimon & Schuster, 2024. 264 pages. “He has such a love for his life. He never gave up—he was so optimistic. He still believed in hope. What an inspiration this guy is,” Jimmy Lai speaking at a memorial for his friend of 39 years, Glynn Manson in 2015.