Hong Kong news outlet to close amid crackdown on dissent
2 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong news outlet to close amid crackdown on dissent

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it will 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. Sadly, we can no longer strive to turn our beliefs into reality without fear because of the sea change in the society over the past two years and the deteriorating media environment.” Citizen News is the third news outlet to close in recent months, following pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and online site Stand News. The impending closure of Citizen News came days after authorities raided Stand News and arrested seven people — including editors and former board members — for allegedly conspiring to publish seditious material. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam last week defended the raid on Stand News, telling reporters that “inciting other people.

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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
1 month ago

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. She was one of six former Apple Daily executives who pleaded guilty to conspiring with Lai to call for sanctions or a blockade …

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial
1 month ago

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial

Al Jazeera  

Lai denies supporting Hong Kong’s independence and says his now-defunct newspaper stood for ‘core values’ of the city’s people. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time in a national security trial widely seen as a barometer of the Chinese territory’s diminishing freedoms. Answering questions from his lawyer, Lai said that his now-shuttered …

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial
1 month ago

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is expected to testify on Wednesday at his own national security trial in a high stakes court battle that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. You can also save the world.” Prosecutors …

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip
1 month, 1 week ago

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong, a former student leader and …

Hong Kong reporter says she’ll sue Wall Street Journal for dismissal because of her union role
1 month, 1 week ago

Hong Kong reporter says she’ll sue Wall Street Journal for dismissal because of her union role

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A former Hong Kong reporter of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said she’ll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union. However, Cheng believed the termination was linked to her refusal to comply with her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, a …

Stand News editor becomes first journalist jailed for sedition in Hong Kong’s history
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Stand News editor becomes first journalist jailed for sedition in Hong Kong’s history

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former Stand News editors in landmark sedition case
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong court to sentence 2 former Stand News editors in landmark sedition case

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom

LA Times  

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at the Wanchai District Court ahead of the final sentencing of Stand News sedition case in Wan Chai district court in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison …

Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals
3 months ago

Hong Kong editors who face prison in sedition case told court about journalistic ideals

The Independent  

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Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says
3 months, 1 week ago

Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their family members and associates have been harassed in recent months, a leading media professional group said Friday. Selina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said in a news conference that this was the largest-scale harassment of reporters in the city that they are aware of. “This …

From Autonomy to Control: How China Dismantled Hong Kong’s Free Press
3 months, 1 week ago

From Autonomy to Control: How China Dismantled Hong Kong’s Free Press

News 18  

Former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen, and acting chief editor Patrick Lam of Hong Kong’s Stand News, have been found guilty of sedition, marking the first such conviction since the territory was handed over to the People’s Republic of China in 1997. This ruling represents the latest effort by the Chinese-backed government in Hong Kong to suppress journalists and media outlets, following …

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News out of business three years ago. The city’s politics are one factor driving news avoidance, said Francis Lee, a journalism and communication professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Iris Ng, another former reader of Apple Daily and Stand News, said …

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip

The Independent  

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Hong Kong journalists convicted of sedition for first time since British handover to China
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong journalists convicted of sedition for first time since British handover to China

The Independent  

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A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case

NPR  

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case toggle caption Louise Delmotte/AP HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. “While they turn a blind eye to their own countries’ records of suppressing news media, …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists

The Independent  

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'A point of no return': Hong Kong online media outlet Stand News shuts down, two editors convicted of sedition
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'A point of no return': Hong Kong online media outlet Stand News shuts down, two editors convicted of sedition

Hindustan Times  

After Hong Kong police raided Stand News and arrested two editors, its staff decided that to avoid more arrests they had to shut down the online media outlet, whose hard-hitting reports of the 2019 pro-democracy protests saw its readership surge. Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, was convicted of sedition …

Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A court in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong convicted two former editors of a now-defunct news outlet on Thursday in a landmark sedition case that became the latest blow to press freedom in a country which was once hailed as a bastion of free media in the Asian continent. Stand News was once Hong Kong's leading online media with a …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of two journalists
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of two journalists

LA Times  

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now-shuttered outlet Stand News, walks outside on bail after he was found guilty in a landmark sedition trial under a colonial-era law in Wanchai District Court in Hong Kong on Thursday. The convictions Thursday of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media …

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that’s seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. It’s Hong Kong’s first sedition case involving media since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Stand …

Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test

Al Jazeera  

Two editors from now-closed independent publication are facing sedition charges over the outlet’s reporting. She said the news outlet’s work was in the public interest, and its duty as the “Fourth Estate” was to scrutinise the Hong Kong government with the hope it would improve governance. Shortly after the raid on Stand News, the independent news outlet Citizen News also …

British judge on Hong Kong’s top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group’s advisory panel
4 months, 1 week ago

British judge on Hong Kong’s top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group’s advisory panel

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that unanimously dismissed an appeal from imprisoned prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and six former pro-democracy lawmakers has quit his position on an advisory board to an international media freedom group because of concerns over his role on the city’s top court. David Neuberger, a non-permanent …

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

The Hindu  

Hong Kong's top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. The defendants previously argued that the trial judge had failed to conduct an “operational proportionality” assessment when convicting them and quoted two non-binding decisions set out by the Supreme Court …

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. The convictions were linked to their involvement in a rally in August 2019 that drew an estimated 1.7 million people onto Hong Kong’s streets to call for …

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says
5 months ago

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A defense lawyer said Thursday that prominent publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense in the landmark national security trial brought under a Beijing-imposed law that has all but wiped out public dissent. The prosecutors have alleged that Lai had engaged in requesting foreign countries, especially the United States, to take actions against Beijing “under the …

The head of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group says she lost WSJ job after refusing to drop role
5 months, 1 week ago

The head of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group says she lost WSJ job after refusing to drop role

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group on Wednesday said she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post. But Cheng said she believed the real reason was linked to her supervisor’s request about three weeks ago to withdraw …

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, underlining the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil …

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case

The Hindu  

A Hong Kong court on May 30 convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent. Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and topple the city’s leader by securing the legislative majority necessary to indiscriminately veto budgets. They were …

14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

LA Times  

Lawrence Lau, a pro-democracy former district councilor, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court Thursday convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent. The court said that if the defendants had reached their aims, …

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts, in what were the first publicly known arrests under the city’s new national security law. But the page started publishing a series of posts to mark …

Hong Kong charges six people under homegrown national security law
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong charges six people under homegrown national security law

Al Jazeera  

Police arrest the group for ‘seditious’ social media posts under Article 23, which was pushed through in March. Hong Kong’s national security police have charged six people for allegedly seditious posts on Facebook, in the first arrests under a newly-enacted domestic security law. The domestic national security law came into force in March after pro-Beijing lawmakers passed it unanimously, nearly …

Hong Kong dissidents in UK ‘fear for their safety’
7 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong dissidents in UK ‘fear for their safety’

The Telegraph  

Hong Kong dissidents in the UK fear “talking to the wrong people”, they have told The Telegraph, after three people were charged on Monday with spying. Chi Leung Wai, a 38-year-old Border Force officer, Matthew Trickett, a 37-year-old Home Office immigration enforcement officer, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, a retired Hong Kong police officer who is employed as a London-based …

Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders staffer in latest blow to media freedoms
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders staffer in latest blow to media freedoms

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday that one of its representatives was denied entry into Hong Kong, calling it a “new decline” in the city’s press freedoms. “This action by the Hong Kong authorities, unprecedented for RSF, marks a new decline in the already poor press freedom climate in the territory,” RSF said in a statement. Rebecca Vincent, …

US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law

The Independent  

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US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said Friday that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed concern over RFA’s shutdown and said the new law “not …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 1 week ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

The Independent  

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Hong Kong prepares tough new national security punishments
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong prepares tough new national security punishments

Al Jazeera  

New bill includes lengthy prison terms for offences such as treason and longer sentences for acts deemed to be sedition. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has begun debating the draft of a new national security law for the Chinese territory after Chief Executive John Lee said it should be passed at “full speed”. “The Hong Kong SAR can then focus its …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

The Hindu  

Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city's sedition law since …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city’s …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

LA Times  

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a 40-month sentence for Tam Tak-chi, a pro-democracy activist shown being escorted by correctional officers in 2021. Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush …

Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prosecutors on Wednesday alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city’s residents to protest and urged the U.S. to take action against the Chinese authorities in Beijing. Prosecutor Anthony Chau on the fifth day of the trial presented what he said were Lai’s instructions to senior management and editors at Apple Daily …

Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge
1 year ago

Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him, delivering the ruling on the third day of his landmark national security trial. Hong Kong is a former British colony that returned to China’s rule in 1997 under a promise the city retain its …

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge
1 year ago

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge

Al Jazeera  

A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him as he faces a landmark national security trial. Lai, the founder of the defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications under a sedition law enacted when Hong Kong was a British colony. Lai, …

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release
1 year ago

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release

The Hindu  

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai went on trial in Hong Kong Monday for national security charges that could see him jailed for life, with the United States and Britain demanding his release. Lai, 76, stands accused of “collusion” with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the finance hub in 2020. “I call on the …

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai
1 year ago

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. The U.S. condemned Lai’s prosecution and urged authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing to respect press freedom, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller …

Hong Kong’s activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents
1 year ago

Hong Kong’s activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start Monday after being delayed for over a year. Lai’s trial is Hong Kong’s first on charges of collusion with foreign forces. Prosecutors earlier pointed to the publication’s English version, alleging it was introduced by Lai for the purpose …

Hong Kong's activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents
1 year ago

Hong Kong's activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents

The Independent  

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Hong Kong police offer £100,400 reward for information about five pro-democracy activists abroad
1 year ago

Hong Kong police offer £100,400 reward for information about five pro-democracy activists abroad

The Independent  

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Hong Kong journalist reported missing after trip to China
1 year ago

Hong Kong journalist reported missing after trip to China

Al Jazeera  

Taipei, Taiwan – A reporter with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has gone missing in China after a work trip, a Japanese news outlet has reported, raising fears that she has been detained by Chinese authorities. The South China Morning Post, which is owned by Chinese tech giant Alibaba, told Al Jazeera that Chan is on personal leave. “The …

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