Los Angeles, August 16 — “Jimmy Lai Is Innocent” Themed Rally
“黎智英无罪”主题活动
活动时间：2025年8月16日 下午3：30
地点：中国驻洛杉矶领事馆门口
结案陈词原定下周一（8月18日）进行。但实际上，因黎智英健康问题，法庭已于**2025年8月15日（星期五）决定延至8月18日（下周一）继续结案陈词 原定安排遭延期，原因包括：他在法庭出现心悸及不稳症状，法官强调需先让他配戴心脏监测仪并开始服药，接待其适当的医疗照护后再恢复审理 他已被羁押超过五年，自2020年起在狭小阴暗的环境中长期拘禁，多数时间处于单独监禁状态；他的健康状况持续恶化，体重骤降，曾被外界戏称为“肥佬黎”的外号不复存在
要是法庭认定他“串谋勾结外国势力”罪成，最高可被判处无期徒刑，这对于已77岁的黎智英来说，基本等同于“死在狱中”
他坚持认为：“没有自由的生命，只是苟活。”他说他宁愿“站着死，也不愿跪着生”，选择为香港的自由与民主发声，而非享受财产与安全，却何其无奈面临可能永无出狱的一生监禁 释放黎智英！黎智英无罪！
活动发起人：王灵，赵杰
主办单位：中国民主党全国委员会 协办单位：洛杉矶港台专项声援组
活动负责人：倪世成 活动策划：韩震，张致君 活动主持：赵杰，王灵
活动摄影： 陀先润 活动摄像：苏一峰 活动义工负责人：李聪玲
Los Angeles, August 16 — “Jimmy Lai Is Innocent” Themed Rally
Theme: “Jimmy Lai Is Innocent”
Time: August 16, 2025 (Saturday), 3:30 PM
Location: In front of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles
The closing arguments were originally scheduled for next Monday (August 18). However, due to Jimmy Lai’s health condition, the court already decided on Friday, August 15, 2025 to postpone and resume the closing arguments on August 18. The reason for the delay included symptoms of palpitations and instability that appeared in court. The judge emphasized that Lai must first be fitted with a heart monitor, begin medication, and receive appropriate medical care before the hearing can continue.
Jimmy Lai has been in custody for more than five years since 2020, confined long-term in a narrow, dark environment, most of the time in solitary confinement. His health has continuously deteriorated, and his weight has dropped sharply. Once mockingly nicknamed “Fat Lai,” that image is long gone.
If convicted of “conspiring to collude with foreign forces,” Lai could face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. For the 77-year-old, this would essentially mean dying in prison. Yet he has insisted: “A life without freedom is merely survival.” He has said he would rather “die standing than live kneeling.” He chose to speak out for Hong Kong’s freedom and democracy instead of clinging to wealth and personal safety, but now faces the grim prospect of a life sentence without release.
Free Jimmy Lai! Jimmy Lai is innocent!
Initiators: Wang Ling, Zhao Jie
Organizer: China Democracy Party National Committee
Co-organizer: Los Angeles Hong Kong–Taiwan Solidarity Group
Event Director: Ni Shicheng
Event Planners: Han Zhen, Zhang Zhijun
Hosts: Zhao Jie, Wang Ling
Photographer: Tuo Xianrun
Videographer: Su Yifeng
Volunteer Coordinator: Li Congling
