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Press Freedom in HK at Record Low
Footage of last night's protest in #MongKok shows the police ordering journalists to kneel down as they were detained, forcing reporters to stop filming and hurling intimidating remarks, asking reporters who were crying out of fear to “cry louder”, sarcastically.
The police also ordered reporters to read out their ID numbers, full names and company in front of cameras. Some reporters and cameramen were pepper sprayed, they were then forced to not clean the stinging chemicals off by the very police officers who deployed it on them.
It has been a common occurrence for reporters to be arrested and taken away to police stations.
Other than getting arrested, reporters run an extremely high risk of getting intentionally hurt by police officers too. Veby, an Indonesia reporter, lost her right eye after being hit by a rubber bullet by the police.
Hong Kong Journalists Association expressed their displeasure at polices' insults yesterday (10 May). The Association also conducted a survey, showing that both the public and journalists think that the city’s press freedom has deteriorated to a record low, mainly due to “threatened personal safety of reporters when covering news” and “difficulties encountered when gathering information”. In fact, two-thirds of the interviewed journalists said that they had been treated violently by police or groups of people with “obvious political stands”.
Source: Ming Pao; Now News; RTHK News; Cable News
#May11 #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #HKPress #Veby
Press Freedom in HK at Record Low
Footage of last night's protest in #MongKok shows the police ordering journalists to kneel down as they were detained, forcing reporters to stop filming and hurling intimidating remarks, asking reporters who were crying out of fear to “cry louder”, sarcastically.
The police also ordered reporters to read out their ID numbers, full names and company in front of cameras. Some reporters and cameramen were pepper sprayed, they were then forced to not clean the stinging chemicals off by the very police officers who deployed it on them.
It has been a common occurrence for reporters to be arrested and taken away to police stations.
Other than getting arrested, reporters run an extremely high risk of getting intentionally hurt by police officers too. Veby, an Indonesia reporter, lost her right eye after being hit by a rubber bullet by the police.
Hong Kong Journalists Association expressed their displeasure at polices' insults yesterday (10 May). The Association also conducted a survey, showing that both the public and journalists think that the city’s press freedom has deteriorated to a record low, mainly due to “threatened personal safety of reporters when covering news” and “difficulties encountered when gathering information”. In fact, two-thirds of the interviewed journalists said that they had been treated violently by police or groups of people with “obvious political stands”.
Source: Ming Pao; Now News; RTHK News; Cable News
#May11 #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #HKPress #Veby
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