Tag: Citizen News

Hong Kong Leader Rebukes ‘Extinction’ Assertion of City’s Press Freedom

Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam claimed that press freedom was still there in her city, after two local independent media outlets shut down in recent days, following a police clampdown against one of them in late December. “This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong…


Hong Kong Leader Denies City’s Press Freedom Faces ‘Extinction’ After Closure of 2 Media Outlets

Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam claimed that press freedom was still there in her city, after two local independent media outlets shut down in recent days, following a police clampdown against one of them in late December. “This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong…


Canada Should Do More Than Express Concern in the Face of China’s ‘State Criminality’: Former Ambassador

The Canadian government should do more than merely “express concern” as communist China continues its clampdown on democracy in Hong Kong and expands its influence operations around the world, says former ambassador to China David Mulroney. On Dec. 29, 2021, the Hong Kong national security police arbitrarily arrested several journalists and former board members of…


Third Independent Media Shuts in Wake of Hong Kong Police’s Arrest and Raid of Another Publication

A Hong Kong independent online publication on Jan. 3 said its decision to shut down was triggered by the recent closure of Stand News, adding their journalists no longer feel safe under the vague standards of law enforcement. Citizens News, a digital newsroom founded in 2017 by a group of veteran journalists, made the sudden…