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HONG KONG (AP) — China on Friday promoted Hong Kong’s top security official to the territory’s No. 2 spot as Beijing looks to the government of the Asian financial hub to clamp down on free speech and political opponents to restore stability following anti-government protests.
Newspaper's 'murder' marks death of press freedom in Hong Kong The persecution of Apple Daily has undermined the rule of law and must be challenged by the international community Published: June 28, 2021 03:53 AM GMT ▾ Updated: June 28, 2021 03:55 AM GMT Last week Hong Kong saw not only the closure of a newspaper but the death of press freedom. The city’s most popular newspaper and the only remaining Chinese-language, mass circulation pro-democracy daily publication, Apple Daily, published its final edition on June 24. It printed a million copies, and they sold out within hours. The de...
The consequences of closing Apple Daily down will be felt by even those who didn’t necessarily like its point of view.
Translations: One Apple Falls, And A Thousand Apples Grow Posted by John Chan | Jun 25, 2021 In a year of wretched milestones for Hong Kong’s civil liberties, this week stands apart, with the closure of Hong Kong’s only pro-democracy legacy newspaper, Apple Daily. From the arrest of five Apple Daily executives last Friday to the shuttering of the newspaper on Wednesday night, it took less than one week for the Hong Kong government to bury one of the city’s most popular newspapers. On Friday, more news: less than one week after freezing Apple Daily’s assets, Secretary for Security John...
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