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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong today.
The British Consulate-General in Hong Kong maintains and develops relations between the UK and Hong Kong.
Foreign Secretary statement on Jimmy Lai delivered to Parliament on 15 December 2025.
On 18 December, British national Jimmy Lai’s national security trial is scheduled to begin in Hong Kong.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This is the 57th in a series of reports to Parliament on Hong Kong.
Dominic Raab said the UK will extend the arms embargo that applies to China to Hong Kong, and suspend our extradition treaty with Hong Kong indefinitely.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao Caroline Wilson explains why Magna Carta, coming to Hong Kong this week, remains relevant today, 800 years after it was signed and sealed
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong companies set up and invest in the UK
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office protests the politically motivated prosecution of British national Jimmy Lai.
Information on legal and detention systems, in Hong Kong, for British nationals abroad.
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