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france24.com/en/live-news/2… 21 ex-hostages urge Stockholm to save innocent Swedish doctor long held on death row in Iran, who recently suffered a heart attack. We propose a solution that could both Freedom for Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali & help 100s of Iranian children suffering rare, excruciating disease.

Proud to join 21 ex-Iran hostages to urge the Swedish govt to step in to save an innocent Swedish doctor held on death row in Iran, who recently suffered a heart attack. We propose a solution that could both Freedom for Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali and help 100s of Iranian children suffering a rare disease

Proud to have @WashingtonPost Executive Editor Matt Murray join the @RCFP Steering Committee. x.com/rcfp/status/19…

This is the first ⁦The Washington Post⁩ byline from Tehran since I was taken hostage in July 2014. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

Anoosheh Ashoori (Anoosheh Ashoori) knows first-hand how #JimmyLai must be feeling. Anoosheh is now free & back home in London with his family - but he spent nearly 5 years in arbitrary detention in Iran. Today, Anoosheh spoke out in solidarity with Jimmy Lai & his son, Sebastien.

Free Nazanin Keir Starmer The list of signatories to the Keir Starmer letter is remarkable - people who have returned home from prisons in China, Iran, Russia, the Soviet Union, Iraq, UAE, Egypt, Rwanda, Venezuela, Nicaragua. Now it’s time to bring Jimmy Lai home to London.

Joint letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling on the UK government to take urgent steps to help secure the release of #JimmyLai (#FreeJimmyLai). Signatories include survivors of arbitrary detention and their family members. Free Nazanin Vladimir Kara-Murza Jason Rezaian

As members of the campaign to #FreeJimmyLai (#FreeJimmyLai) and in partnership with The Globe and Mail, we invite you to join us for a timely panel discussion on the critical issue of political prisoners and the responsibility of democratic nations. Speakers include Sebastien Lai,

In 2007, Kari Lake won two Emmys for reporting in Cambodia. Now, as a government official, she’s tasked with dismantling Voice of America and Radio Free Asia — the two most important independent news sources in the increasingly authoritarian country. New for The Washington Post:

Last week, for the first time since my wife & I were detained in our home in Tehran The Washington Post published reporting w/ a Tehran dateline. Iran is no more hospitable to journalists today than it was a decade ago. Read my interview w/ Cecilia Sala s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?track…

Join our incomparable group of experts as we launch our Commission on Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention recommendations. It’s the culmination of over 2 years of research and discussion that led to new and innovative solutions to an ancient challenge. csis.org/events/combatt…

On Wednesday at 1 pm ET, the CSIS Commission on Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention discuss their findings on combatting state hostage taking and methods to resolve outstanding cases, featuring CSIS's Jon Alterman, Jason Rezaian, and more. Watch here: csis.org/events/combatt…

Join Dr. Jon Alterman and me as we talk through challenges and recommendations with an incomparable group of experts including: former Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert C. O'Brien and Roger Carstens. Current Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler Diane Foley Diane M. Foley Dr. Dani Gilbert Dr. Dani Gilbert (@danigilbert.bsky.social)

CSIS Jason Rezaian The great @Prof. Dani Gilbert (Dr. Dani Gilbert (@danigilbert.bsky.social)) from Northwestern's Weinberg College at Northwestern. "Compellence is only effective 1/3 of the time."

MAY THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE IMPLEMENTED (including FSIA) AND MAY WE BRING ALL AMERICANS BACK HOME. MAY WE DETER, COMPEL, AND PREVENT HOSTILE NATIONS AND ACTORS FROM TAKING HOSTAGES IN THE FIRST PLACE AND PROSECUTE THOSE WHO DO TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. Just concluded.

Political prisoners are being silenced. Will democracies speak up? Join leading voices — including Sebastien Lai, Jason Rezaian, and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC — for a powerful panel on the global fight for political freedom and the moral responsibility of democratic nations. 🗓️ June 11 | 🕓

Hey #Toronto friends, please join us at The Globe and Mail Centre on Wednesday for this important discussion. #FreeJimmyLai

🚨On Wednesday June 11, at the The Globe and Mail Centre in #Toronto #Canada, an expert panel featuring #JimmyLai's son, Sebastien Lai, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Jason Rezaian & The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation Advisory Board member Perry Link will join Nathan VanderKlippe & David Walmsley to discuss #PoliticalPrisoners

Thank you to The Globe and Mail for hosting last week's panel: "Political Prisoners: Are They Still a Priority for the World’s Democracies?" We're especially grateful to Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, Jason Rezaian, and Perry Link, Ph.D., for lending their voices alongside Jimmy Lai's son, Sebastien.

We’re deeply grateful to Jason Rezaian for sharing his powerful story at last week’s The Globe and Mail panel and for speaking so personally about what Jimmy Lai’s case means to him. His voice is a vital reminder of why we must never look away because behind every political prisoner is a