Mark L. Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and a former director of Next Digital, Apple Daily's parent company.
The trial of Hong Kong's most famous political prisoner is set to begin next week.
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Jimmy Lai at Stanley Prison in Hong Kong in July: He has spent most of the last three years in solitary confinement. © AP
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