What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
7 months 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 News was one of the last remaining openly critical media outlets in Hong Kong following the closing of the Apple Daily newspaper in June 2021. Eric Lai, a research fellow at Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said the case is significant because it was the first sedition case the Hong Kong government brought against news editors and a media outlet since the 1997 handover.

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