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
January 4, 2022
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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…
Year of Death for Press Freedom in Hong Kong
Commentary The year 2021 will go down in the history of Hong Kong as a “year of death” for the once vibrant civil society. Within a short span of a year, more than 60 pro-democracy groups, news media, and trade unions were strangled to death by the draconian national security law (NSL) enacted by the…
Hong Kong News Outlet to Close Amid Suppression of Dissent
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it would cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms, days after police raided and arrested seven people for sedition at a separate pro-democracy news outlet. Citizen News announced its decision in a Facebook post Sunday. It said it would stop updating its site on…
Canadian Pro-Democracy Activist and Pop Star Denise Ho Released on Bail in Hong Kong
Cantopop singer Denise Ho has been released on bail after being arbitrarily detained by Hong Kong police during the city government’s crackdown on a pro-democracy media outlet. Ho, a Canadian citizen, was taken from her home in Hong Kong in the early hours of Dec. 29, according to her Facebook page. The same day, national…
Hong Kong Court Denies Bail to Former Stand News Editors Charged With ‘Sedition’
A Hong Kong court on Dec. 30 denied bail to two former senior editors from Stand News charged with conspiracy to publish “seditious” material. They were among seven arrested a day earlier in a police crackdown on their pro-democracy media outlet that drew international condemnation. Chung Pui-kuen, the outlet’s former chief editor, was the only…
Blinken Calls on China to Release 7 Arrested in Hong Kong Police’s Media Raid
December 30, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on Beijing and the Hong Kong government to immediately release media staff members arrested in Hong Kong on Dec. 29, following a police raid of their newsroom on the same day. “We call on PRC [People’s Republic of China] and Hong Kong authorities to cease targeting Hong…
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Media Closes After Police Raid
One of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy media outlets is forced to close down. Police raided its office and arrested senior staff members. In the southern Chinese region of Guangxi, it looked like a scene from the Cultural Revolution. Police paraded four people through the streets displaying large photos of themselves. Critics are warning of the…
US Officials, Rights Groups Rebuke Hong Kong’s Silencing of Another Independent Media
December 29, 2021
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The shuttering of yet another independent media in Hong Kong is raising alarm among world officials and rights groups, who urged the international community to help safeguard what little freedom is left in the once vibrant city. Over 200 national security officers on Dec. 28 raided the offices of prominent pro-democracy newspaper Stand News, arresting…
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