#PressRelease #Sept27 #Firsthand
The Alliance of Hong Kong Online Media Practitioners Holds Press Conference, Opposing Police's Unilateral Redefinition of "Media Representative"
1500 | LegCo Building, Hong Kong
Read the press release here:
https://telegra.ph/The-Alliance-of-Hong-Kong-Online-Media-Practitioners-09-27
#OnlineNews #DigitalMedia #MediaFreedom
The Alliance of Hong Kong Online Media Practitioners Holds Press Conference, Opposing Police's Unilateral Redefinition of "Media Representative"
1500 | LegCo Building, Hong Kong
Read the press release here:
https://telegra.ph/The-Alliance-of-Hong-Kong-Online-Media-Practitioners-09-27
#OnlineNews #DigitalMedia #MediaFreedom
#PoliceState #MediaFreedom
Police obstruct journalist work and arrest student journalist
1937 | Tsuen Wan #LoTakCourt
According to an online media outlet, a 16-year-old student reporter was arrested by the police, as the police found him "underaged".
According to the source, the student reporter was arrested soon after he arrived on the protest scene and took only one photograph.
Surce: Stand News; Cupid News #Oct1
#Student
Police obstruct journalist work and arrest student journalist
1937 | Tsuen Wan #LoTakCourt
According to an online media outlet, a 16-year-old student reporter was arrested by the police, as the police found him "underaged".
According to the source, the student reporter was arrested soon after he arrived on the protest scene and took only one photograph.
Surce: Stand News; Cupid News #Oct1
#Student
#PressFreedom suppressed: journalist denied of work visa after 6-month wait
An incoming editor of HK Free Press Aaron Mc Nicholas has been denied a work visa following an almost six-month wait. The Immigration Department was reportedly handed down their rejection without any official reason.
//Editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that many other news outlets remain in limbo amid unprecedented visa delays, and a pattern had now emerged: “We are a local news outlet and our prospective editor was a journalist originally from Ireland, so this is not another tit-for-tat measure under the US-China trade dispute. It appears we have been targeted under the climate of the new security law and because of our impartial, fact-based coverage.”//
Source: HK Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/27/visas-weaponised-govt-denies-hong-kong-free-press-editor-a-work-visa-without-explanation-after-6-month-wait/
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HK Authorities Deny Reporters' Visas
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24580
#MediaFreedom #Visa
An incoming editor of HK Free Press Aaron Mc Nicholas has been denied a work visa following an almost six-month wait. The Immigration Department was reportedly handed down their rejection without any official reason.
//Editor-in-chief Tom Grundy said that many other news outlets remain in limbo amid unprecedented visa delays, and a pattern had now emerged: “We are a local news outlet and our prospective editor was a journalist originally from Ireland, so this is not another tit-for-tat measure under the US-China trade dispute. It appears we have been targeted under the climate of the new security law and because of our impartial, fact-based coverage.”//
Source: HK Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/27/visas-weaponised-govt-denies-hong-kong-free-press-editor-a-work-visa-without-explanation-after-6-month-wait/
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HK Authorities Deny Reporters' Visas
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24580
#MediaFreedom #Visa
#AhTo #Comics
A Conversation between 'Education', 'News', 'Law': "Trust the Government?"
Fig. 1
Education (in blue head cover) says to News (in grey head cover), “So long as we listen and obey…”
Fig. 2
Leaning in closer to News, Education continues, “We will be granted with certain freedoms.”
Fig. 3
Turning to Law (with head injuries), Education keeps saying, “Because if we die, Hong Kong will die with us. They won't do such a foolish thing.”
Fig. 4
The lion wearing a 0005 red shirt bitterly echoes with tears in its eyes, “You’re right … Who would be as foolish … (as me)?!”
Source: Ah To
#Education #MediaFreedom #Law #HSBC
A Conversation between 'Education', 'News', 'Law': "Trust the Government?"
Fig. 1
Education (in blue head cover) says to News (in grey head cover), “So long as we listen and obey…”
Fig. 2
Leaning in closer to News, Education continues, “We will be granted with certain freedoms.”
Fig. 3
Turning to Law (with head injuries), Education keeps saying, “Because if we die, Hong Kong will die with us. They won't do such a foolish thing.”
Fig. 4
The lion wearing a 0005 red shirt bitterly echoes with tears in its eyes, “You’re right … Who would be as foolish … (as me)?!”
Source: Ah To
#Education #MediaFreedom #Law #HSBC
#WhiteTerror #Arrest
Hong Kong Police Arrests Online Media Company Founder
On October 1, 2020, 34-year-old founder of the online media company PPPN, Ng Wing-tak, was arrested by the police's national security department in Hong Kong.
Ng was accused of "conspiracy to wound with intent" in a case that took place last december and was currently on bail.
Source: RTHK #Oct4
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1553005-20201004.htm
#PPPN #MediaFreedom
Hong Kong Police Arrests Online Media Company Founder
On October 1, 2020, 34-year-old founder of the online media company PPPN, Ng Wing-tak, was arrested by the police's national security department in Hong Kong.
Ng was accused of "conspiracy to wound with intent" in a case that took place last december and was currently on bail.
Source: RTHK #Oct4
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1553005-20201004.htm
#PPPN #MediaFreedom
#GoHKInfoGraphics #Whitelist
"Media Representatives" According to the Hong Kong Police: Who are Included and Who Not?
The chart shows the police's unilateral change of the definition of "media representatives" and its impacts to different media outlets.
This came after the Hong Kong Police amended the Police General Order and allowed press access rights only to a limited number of media listed in the government system.
#MediaFreedom #PoliceState #PoliceGeneralOrders
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Over 48 Online News Outlets in HK: "We Will Keep Reporting"
https://www.facebook.com/2406628919558580/posts/2793962724158529/
"Media Representatives" According to the Hong Kong Police: Who are Included and Who Not?
The chart shows the police's unilateral change of the definition of "media representatives" and its impacts to different media outlets.
This came after the Hong Kong Police amended the Police General Order and allowed press access rights only to a limited number of media listed in the government system.
#MediaFreedom #PoliceState #PoliceGeneralOrders
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Over 48 Online News Outlets in HK: "We Will Keep Reporting"
https://www.facebook.com/2406628919558580/posts/2793962724158529/
#FirstHand #Nov8 #PoliceState
Police Order Journalists to Not Take Picture of the Mourning Event
2027 | Tseung Kwan O
A Stand News journalist questioned the police about their order to journalists to not take pictures.
Refusing to answer, the Police Public Relation Branch (PPRB) staff backed away to the other side of the road and formed a line to block the mourning site.
Police armed with pepper balls projectiles were stationed in the area. Police also cordoned off the altar to bar civilians from paying tribute to deceased 22-year-old pro-democracy student Alex Chow.
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Read more:
One Year Since the Passing of Pro-democracy Student Alex Chow
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26482
#MediaFreedom #PoliceState #AlexChow #Remembrance
Police Order Journalists to Not Take Picture of the Mourning Event
2027 | Tseung Kwan O
A Stand News journalist questioned the police about their order to journalists to not take pictures.
Refusing to answer, the Police Public Relation Branch (PPRB) staff backed away to the other side of the road and formed a line to block the mourning site.
Police armed with pepper balls projectiles were stationed in the area. Police also cordoned off the altar to bar civilians from paying tribute to deceased 22-year-old pro-democracy student Alex Chow.
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Read more:
One Year Since the Passing of Pro-democracy Student Alex Chow
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26482
#MediaFreedom #PoliceState #AlexChow #Remembrance
#MediaFreedom
Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Source: InMedia #Nov5
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Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Source: InMedia #Nov5
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#MediaFreedom
Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Hong Kong police arrested the producer of the RTHK programme 'Hong Kong Connection', Bao Choy Yuk-ling, on Nov 3, 2020.
Hong Kong's major media unions including the RTHK Programme Staff Union criticized the police's unreasonable attack on the freedom of press at a joint press conference held on two days later on Nov 5, 2020.
Chiu Sin-yan, the chairwoman of the RTHK Programme Staff Union said that they had been discussing the arrest with the RTHK management and urged the management to offer assistance to Choy. Chiu added that RTHK would continue with its investigative reporting, stick to the common practice of using public records in their investigations, and uphold press freedom, as the case had not been closed.
Yeung Kin-hing, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) said that police was picking on media in Hong Kong, and HKJA was seeking legal advice about the arrest. He then challenged that if government still regards press freedom and public's right to know as parts of public interest. He added that the small-scale and online news media could not afford any lawsuits, and slammed government for 'this ludicrous attack on journalists'.
Hui Fong-man, the chairperson of the Ming Pao Staff Association stressed that using the public records was a common practice in investigating the interest-based relationship and identities. The government's outlawing of this routine practice without any consultation with the media industry amounts to 'setting a trap for the journalists' , as how the boundary line is drawn is unknown.
Lam Ching-kit, the representative of the Journalism Educators for Press Freedom, and senior lecturer of Journalism and Communication Department of Chu Hai College said that checking public records had always been a legitimate fact-checking exercise, which also provides information for analysis in journalism students' reports. Journalism education will be affected by this arrest, as teachers cannot ask students to bear such risk, related reports and investigations will be thereby delayed.
Source: InMedia#Nov5
https://bit.ly/3mT057t
#pressfreedom #RTHKarrest
Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Hong Kong police arrested the producer of the RTHK programme 'Hong Kong Connection', Bao Choy Yuk-ling, on Nov 3, 2020.
Hong Kong's major media unions including the RTHK Programme Staff Union criticized the police's unreasonable attack on the freedom of press at a joint press conference held on two days later on Nov 5, 2020.
Chiu Sin-yan, the chairwoman of the RTHK Programme Staff Union said that they had been discussing the arrest with the RTHK management and urged the management to offer assistance to Choy. Chiu added that RTHK would continue with its investigative reporting, stick to the common practice of using public records in their investigations, and uphold press freedom, as the case had not been closed.
Yeung Kin-hing, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) said that police was picking on media in Hong Kong, and HKJA was seeking legal advice about the arrest. He then challenged that if government still regards press freedom and public's right to know as parts of public interest. He added that the small-scale and online news media could not afford any lawsuits, and slammed government for 'this ludicrous attack on journalists'.
Hui Fong-man, the chairperson of the Ming Pao Staff Association stressed that using the public records was a common practice in investigating the interest-based relationship and identities. The government's outlawing of this routine practice without any consultation with the media industry amounts to 'setting a trap for the journalists' , as how the boundary line is drawn is unknown.
Lam Ching-kit, the representative of the Journalism Educators for Press Freedom, and senior lecturer of Journalism and Communication Department of Chu Hai College said that checking public records had always been a legitimate fact-checking exercise, which also provides information for analysis in journalism students' reports. Journalism education will be affected by this arrest, as teachers cannot ask students to bear such risk, related reports and investigations will be thereby delayed.
Source: InMedia#Nov5
https://bit.ly/3mT057t
#pressfreedom #RTHKarrest
Foreign journalists in China see 'rapid decline in media freedom': survey
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) said on Monday (Mar 1) that China used coronavirus prevention measures ushering in a “rapid decline in media freedom,”
Authorities cited public health concerns to deny reporters access to sensitive areas and threatened them with enforced quarantine. On the top of that, visa restrictions were also used to put pressure on reporting.
China expelled more than a dozen foreign journalists at U.S. media organizations in 2020, amid a series of tit-for-tat actions between the countries. Washington also slashed the number of journalists permitted to work in US at four major Chinese state-owned media outlets.
Last Sept Australia helped two of its foreign correspondents leave China after they were questioned by the country’s state security ministry.
Source: Reuters #Mar01
https://reut.rs/3sCF6bS
#China #FCCC #MediaFreedom
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) said on Monday (Mar 1) that China used coronavirus prevention measures ushering in a “rapid decline in media freedom,”
Authorities cited public health concerns to deny reporters access to sensitive areas and threatened them with enforced quarantine. On the top of that, visa restrictions were also used to put pressure on reporting.
China expelled more than a dozen foreign journalists at U.S. media organizations in 2020, amid a series of tit-for-tat actions between the countries. Washington also slashed the number of journalists permitted to work in US at four major Chinese state-owned media outlets.
Last Sept Australia helped two of its foreign correspondents leave China after they were questioned by the country’s state security ministry.
Source: Reuters #Mar01
https://reut.rs/3sCF6bS
#China #FCCC #MediaFreedom