Im. The one. Going to my house tonight and then if you want to yeah. But. Ok well. Thanks facebook for telling me im so. Anxious that. Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. The. Hong kongs freedoms Civil Liberties were meant to be maintained 50 years after 997. 00. But weve just seen a much more heavy handed sort of crackdown on freedoms and Civil Liberties in hong kong. Free press emerge from the Umbrella Movement prodemocracy protests in 215 its a direct response to the 2 in lengthy press freedoms in the city. I was a teacher for a long time in hong kong and save him oh money paying off debts but i had a blog and i noticed a lot of stories that were getting traction and i decided to sort of upgrade that into some sort of news outlet be told to set something up like this have been democratized and i think we can all just as big a voice as the biggest news out. There wouldnt be nice to do as i have lying i dont like i am on that. Were all just getting things ready i guess for the military versatile in crackdown and how thats marked in hong kong which is going to be huge and i feel its something we can probably lead on going to i think the status of a lot of the press in hong kong who may not cover it enthusiastically perhaps for sure tianna money is one of the 3 teams that many media will already avoid tandem and tibet and taiwan sensitive issues. But were structured from the ground up from the beginning to you know resist any of those kind of problems. As a whole bunch of stuff that you know maybe holmes you kick off with whats going to happen the next couple of weeks anyway and stuff that we dont know about there is the amount of events for june 4th well basically have the live blog piece or just a page and. The right but its continually updated which is the other piece so i got ta darling and dan and gary doing photos then i thought we have you right when do you want to publish the pretty bright as soon as you kind of kicks off so we 1st. Ok i pick up where we. Like and im. Trying. To find time for him here. Because they are an hour and a half the way. The other 100000 people will be gathering in victoria one of the few places on chinese soil questacon you mark me down and. There are signs of. A looming extradition bill which will certainly be. Going on here. Stay with us for the next hour or 2 and were back on Facebook Live with a live running commentary. Bearing finals than a bottle of. Water hes posing out saying her. Bare bones on so i dont hold going home with t. Im not. Up on how the law gong. How. Hard that would be. Something. For many people in hong kong the vigil is an indicator of sorts of the health of the Civil Society. We do a roundup of all the major print newspapers and on the day after to provide our readers with a sense of the media landscape as it is in hong kong so 1st of all your house i will daily newspaper with prodemocracy leanings the slogan to here is vindicate june 4th justice will prevail now on the other end of that spectrum we have one way pro and talks on how they are financially backed by the channel Liaison Office so we usually say backed newspapers there is not a single mention of the video at all other Media Outlets have pressures that a shippy do not. I think the issue of press freedom in hong kong is far more treacherous than in the Mainland China. In the mainland youd know how the battle lines are drawn in hong kong theres more of a fuss to fight. In hong kong we dont have sort of news outlets that are churning out completely fake stories. The big problem when it comes to truth and accuracy is that they tend to be either right owned by china or theyre run by tycoons who have business interests in the mainland. Almost everybody it seems is touched by if not i write censorship but selfcensorship and thats sort of the the cancerous thing thats been spreading in hong kong for some years. Rather than having one bridge benefactor we rely on a mob of small donations from a lot of people. Selfcensorship is a big issue but its we try to fill it up stuff that other newspapers are covering we try to kind of cover and give a platform to that kind of least. Theres a sim sites there is a continuous timelines of events getting worse and worse and worse in terms of politics. If this issue edition agreement passes anyone physically in hong kong will be subject to mainland chinese truth because they can try reasons to prosecute a man in china and aussie Hong Kong Government to send you back to Mainland China for trial. This is a silent march organized by the Legal Profession and mainly for the Legal Profession to express this is regarding the extradition will. People with power as a matter we have to believe if you have sufficient to go to the streets and a half in the same. Order that we call upon this government to withdraw the extradition bell this is the clear and i believe the good man of us. Believe the Legal Profession of. This momentum its its going well 123 do something to save costs and their own freedom. I think this is a good place to cover politics in the sense that although its a very difficult situation though were in which i to sort of make some impact with the there are sources that we have. Been saying you know why they play at all they have picked up you got. The im guy you said my im going out. The prodemocracy lawmakers are having a vote of no confidence in chief inspector kerry a lot more dicey got a lot of laughter. Today thats not going to pass but theyre trying to make a symbolic gesture why yes. That the top people got my day like no no you go home they saw the guy walk they dont tell you what im bob i dont get dont i could think what i want to tell dad and dad. Im. Going to spend 20 minutes to 3 today could be biggest protest sunday since 2014 possibly since 2003. Weve seen calls with no china extradition thats coming some with just a wooden blaze and while over it as we observe only different liberal progressive prodemocracy groups uniting against the bill. On. Time. Lets see how this new have you been seeing as people are beginning to almost to the top 5 people flew im marching for the chinese town i told the candidates on tape they cant switch them to join this caucus so i mean its a touchy. Subject. Because most likely my mind already to coming out of m. T. R. How can you question me massive. Yeah thats. The 1st time it comes when i can actually write. Why you cant say what do you mean to nation that is very important to hong kong. Generation the next generation. My ha ha ha ha ha ha half the. I. I. I i was stressed seamus on the phone calls free press purchases have been gathering at events concerts i p n point to march i had the special unit had arrived where all the riot shields. Just arriving. I. I. Was reserved for shareholders the way i like to stop us 190 the process. I dont remember saying get rid. Of some sort of action. I. I. At least john. Ive been. So. Shocked to see stuff go. To the police just trying to look after us reporters. Only have to go on. And on. So 19 people arrested. 19 arrests and theyve made a show of weapons confiscated and stuff i see. Its been a sleepless long night surely im of the journey so sation is looking at whether actually any Police Stepped over the line but yeah tempers frayed and you go well into the night and journalists will be between protesters and police so it can get chaotic having said all that like its been a huge part of the biggest sort of impact on traffic i can remember and you feel the probation press today and i wanted to burying it or framing this as you know significant. So i posted this 5253 am expressing a little bit of anger with the treatment of reporters by the police i got a little bit of prep a spade my arms but one thing i didnt realize i only realized after looking at photos again you can check here this guy so if they decided to use rubber bullets last night then i will be directly in front of the filing and during the whole course they have been pushing reporters in there. Tougher than usual way so it was the bill of warning for forces as well. At the moment. Historic march because that was by far i think the largest in history both we wake up this morning and the government standing from no changes it will be you know run through the ledge to show. The bill will be soon is 2nd reading on the trail of truth and we appeal to all members of the Legislative Council to discuss and debate on a bill in a calm and rational manner i hope that some of the appeal of gold school on eyes ations in society which may be planning. Actions including perhaps some medical actions that i. Being a political reporter in hong kong gives you plenty of action and things to call pessimistic. All right thats the all the things that. Whats even more worrying than encroachment by the Chinese Government is the fact that increasingly apps or things are being taken as a new norm. Oh. My god. I like a. Lot of its very hard to tell whether its considered to be safe to be working in hong kong the public article certain fright monitor but will it translate into some kind of physical threat against. Loved ones families i dont know yet ordering by looking for work. Almost always are they dont come. And its our trying to do was always our kewl have voted to go because. The people would like something was. I dont want to see. It anymore. 6 its been you know it is hard thing to watch freedom of expression the kind in hong kong but if anything thats all the more reason to document it. But do you think people have lost confidence in civil disobedience and protest as an effective tool do you think that people have lost confidence and in protest this using the law as an instrument of suppression have been there for some years already when you look back you know what happened in hong kong but after the embryo movement is a revenge against all activists especially Younger Generation and then with the extradition bell pass it would be from rule of law to rule by fear because it had a Chilling Effect of anyone in hong kong and i think thats exactly what the communist party want so we are asking people not to give up because we. Can fight back i believe. I i i i. I. I. I. I i. I. I i. I i i i you know we didnt see this coming up the council the just the. Debate on this because lawmakers just said it was constantly alleging. I suppose sections of society just normal will normally speak up or on to loud speaker are opposing statements on a petition you know missing strike action which is so rare in hong kong and im not i just dont recall seeing hundreds of businesses close. Up in a police analyzing what they should do. And the poster says well theyre kind of like play a chess game i i only true suspect being force on the ground and Police Officers were very agitated and theyd say they were arrested pointing me to a scratch on his hand. Do you. I. This is fish tank on concrete press. As you can see the focus is trying to water on the chicken its kind of i know the pain in your eyes i mean if. Theres fire. But the prognosis is not leaving. The. Police. Or tear gas. Around 10 Police Officers pointing guns at journalists where there are no protesters behind us. But police seem to be giving up then down there police. Being bags clearing protesters of the last couple of hours firing volleys of tear gas around road to may have been you. Didnt expect it would get you carry this crisis. I feel bad for christie was getting to gust in real time i never asked him. Very much just like history repeating like invalid movement ill be at 79 days condensed into one day this is what it looked like you know at the end of of those protests. Yeah very intense and i imagine because of the Police Action today were going to see more protests over the coming days its not going to particularly stop. After all the street right. Reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge in the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. What will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. After 14 years this is home to me. I think its yeah its a city where fighting for all. Those. Im probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant Civil Society but never the government does something there is a big response. When the publics more informed about whats happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to run the government so. Press freedom is you know important to take the end of climate of declining freedoms. The british iraqi journalist whos visualizing complex statistics and a simple. I think youre off as a summary sites of opportunities to break apart from the systems of power and to collect data in a way that makes a represents Different Community challenging mainstream misconceptions to the quite crates and handled instructions doesnt alienate people it doesnt like people who are like im not small instances on this truth is that any way. To. Get. 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