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Hong Kong pro-democracy and gay rights activist Jimmy Sham released after four years in prison

(30 May 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong – 30 May 2025 1. Activist Jimmy Sham getting out of car 2. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Jimmy Sham, activist: "I don't know how to make plans for myself because my knowledge about this world...it's still the first day. So what I can do in the future and what I should, and where the red line lies, I still have to figure it out again." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Hong Kong - 14 June 2019 3. Wide of Sham (wearing black and white sleeveless top reading (English) "Fight for Hong Kong") with other members of Hong Kong's Civil Human Rights Front arriving at police headquarters to apply for protest permit 4. Various of Sham speaking to media ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong – 30 May 2025 5. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Jimmy Sham, activist: “My feelings are complex. Of course, I feel happy. No matter whether there's a change in (my) freedom, I am definitely freer compared to yesterday. I feel happy about this change. But I also know there are many people suffering. This makes me feel I shouldn't be too happy. I also feel worried. As you mentioned, whether I have freedom? I also want to know." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Hong Kong - 1 January 2019 6. Wide of protest 7. Wide of Sham holding a yellow file with protesters marching ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong – 30 May 2025 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Sham, activist: "I don't know. Maybe tomorrow. you still can see me, I am free. Maybe tomorrow, I will go back to the jail. I don't know." STORYLINE: Hong Kong's prominent pro-democracy and LGBTQ+ activist Jimmy Sham was released from prison on Friday after serving over four years in the city's biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law. Sham's activism made headlines during 2019 anti-government protests, when he was the convenor of a now-disbanded pro-democracy group that organized some of the biggest peaceful marches that year, including one that drew an estimated 2 million people. Sham was among 47 activists arrested in 2021 for their roles in an unofficial primary election. He was sentenced with 44 other activists last year after judges ruled that their plans to effect change through the primary would have undermined the government’s authority and create a constitutional crisis. Only two of the original defendants were acquitted. Even behind bars, Sham continued to fight for recognition of his same-sex marriage registered overseas at the city's top court, which later ruled the government should provide a framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships. It was a landmark decision for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. “I feel happy. No matter whether there’s a change in (my) freedom, I am definitely freer compared to yesterday,” Sham told reporters Friday after he was reunited with his family. “But I also know many people are suffering. This makes me feel I shouldn’t be too happy.” Asked if police had warned him not to talk to anyone, he said he censored himself on some sensitive questions. Sham also sounded unsure whether he was a free man. “Maybe tomorrow, you still can see me, I am free. Maybe tomorrow, I will go back to the jail. I don’t know,” he said. The activist said he has no plans to leave Hong Kong for now. "So what I can do in the future and what I should, and where the red line lies, I still have to figure it out again.” Sham and three other activists freed on Friday — Kinda Li, Roy Tam and Henry Wong — are the second batch to be reunited with their families, following the release of four pro-democracy lawmakers last month. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...