Hong Kong activist Carmen Lau faces harassment campaign in the UK

bbc.co.uk

Hong Kong activist Carmen Lau, living in the UK, is a target of harassment involving fake sexually explicit images sent to her neighbors from China. The letters, containing AI-generated or photoshopped images of Lau, were sent from Macau to addresses in Maidenhead, Kent, portraying her as a sex worker. Lau, who fled Hong Kong in 2021, has previously been targeted with letters offering a bounty for her capture, highlighting concerns about transnational repression and gender-based harassment amplified by technology.


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