It is in the spirit of those shared values — freedom of expression, compassion, and the sanctity of the individual — that I ask for your help.
My father, Jimmy Lai, has spent his entire life championing those same ideals.
He did not just admire American values from afar; he understood them as the essential bedrock of a flourishing society.
To him, the American spirit of liberty and the courage to speak truth to power were not just political concepts, but moral imperatives.
He risked everything — his business, his freedom, and now his life — because he believed that the freedoms enjoyed in the West should be a universal right.