Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A million-dollar bounty hangs over Carmen Lau’s head for demanding democracy in Hong Kong.

At the Oslo Freedom Forum, the exiled activist reflects on surviving tear gas, rubber bullets, surveillance, and the new reality of transnational repression that follows dissidents across borders and into their everyday lives.

Her story is not just one of exile, but of the fight to stay visible when a regime seeks to erase you.


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