Editor’s note: The Washington Examiner is honored to publish the unedited remarks of this year’s Bradley Prize honorees. The below speech was given by Sebastien Lai.

Members of the board of the Bradley Foundation, distinguished prize winners, ladies and
gentlemen: As you can see, I am not Jimmy Lai. Instead of being here with you wonderful people, accepting this prestigious award, my father sits in a maximum security jail in Hong Kong as a high-risk category a prisoner. He’s in jail in Hong Kong for the same reason he is being celebrated here, for courage in the face of oppression.