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Journalists from Hong Kong’s CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet’s staff were arrested for “sedition”
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) yesterday said that the recent closure of two media outlets in the territory did not reflect the state of press freedom in Hong Kong, as the decisions were made by the outlets themselves. Her comments came almost a week after authorities arrested seven people associated with pro-democracy online news outlet Stand News over sedition, with the outlet announcing that it would cease operations. Days later, another online site, Citizen News, also said it would stop operating. “For none of the media outlets, we did not do anything. They were nev...
News Analysis The Fragrant Harbor’s last truly free media are falling one after another under the pressure of ...
Journalists from Hong Kong's CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet's staff were arrested for "seditio…
Journalists from Hong Kong's CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet's staff were arrested for "seditio…