As pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai spoke in his defense at a Hong Kong court Tuesday, his son Sebastien Lai was in Geneva calling for the United States and other world leaders to help secure this father's release.

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Sebastien Lei, the son of Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai holds a pin with a portrait of his father, ahead of the 17th Geneva Summit for human rights and democracy in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17,