#PoliticalProsecution #HumanitarianCrisis
#PressFreedom at stake in Hong Kong: #US and #EU Condemn Conviction of #Journalist
On April 22, 2021 the day Hong Kong court found in investigative reporter #BaoChoy guilty over car license searches made for news report, the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macau immediately expressed concern about the situation in Hong Kong and pointed out that "the law should not be deployed in a way that stifles legitimate journalism."
The Office also alerted that in the case of Hong Kong, "press freedom cannot be taken for granted."
On April 23, 2021, #NedPrice, spokeperson of the State Department of the United States, condemned the prosecution of journalist Bao Choy by the Hong Kong authorities. He expressed that "the U.S. is deeply disappointed in the conviction of Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy for merely doing her job."
Price recgonized Bao Choy "a champion of press freedom (guaranteed by the Joint Declaration) whose important contributions were just recognized by the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Award."
Source: Stand News #Apr23
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E8%94%A1%E7%8E%89%E7%8E%B2%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%8B%99%E9%99%A2-%E6%B7%B1%E8%A1%A8%E5%A4%B1%E6%9C%9B-%E5%BC%B7%E8%AA%BF%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E7%8D%B2%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E8%81%AF%E5%90%88%E8%81%B2%E6%98%8E%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%89/
#PressFreedom at stake in Hong Kong: #US and #EU Condemn Conviction of #Journalist
On April 22, 2021 the day Hong Kong court found in investigative reporter #BaoChoy guilty over car license searches made for news report, the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macau immediately expressed concern about the situation in Hong Kong and pointed out that "the law should not be deployed in a way that stifles legitimate journalism."
The Office also alerted that in the case of Hong Kong, "press freedom cannot be taken for granted."
On April 23, 2021, #NedPrice, spokeperson of the State Department of the United States, condemned the prosecution of journalist Bao Choy by the Hong Kong authorities. He expressed that "the U.S. is deeply disappointed in the conviction of Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy for merely doing her job."
Price recgonized Bao Choy "a champion of press freedom (guaranteed by the Joint Declaration) whose important contributions were just recognized by the Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Award."
Source: Stand News #Apr23
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E8%94%A1%E7%8E%89%E7%8E%B2%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%8B%99%E9%99%A2-%E6%B7%B1%E8%A1%A8%E5%A4%B1%E6%9C%9B-%E5%BC%B7%E8%AA%BF%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E7%8D%B2%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E8%81%AF%E5%90%88%E8%81%B2%E6%98%8E%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%89/
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香港電台《鏗鏘集》《7.21 誰主真相》編導蔡玉玲，去年因查車牌被控兩項「虛假陳述」罪，昨日（22 日）在西九...
#Interview: The last faith of Hong Kong Journalist Bao Choy Yuk-ling - selfless and fearless
Before interviewing Choy Yuk-ling, some of my colleagues who knew her well said that Bao (her nickname in the journalism industry) would talk a lot about news but might not much about herself.
After the interview I realised that she was not hiding herself intentionally. Instead she had just injected her passion, faith, and most of her time into journalism. Speaking of her days after the suspension of her duty, she said, “My vocation as a journalist cannot be separated from my personal values. If I can no longer be a journalist, I can imagine the value of my life will become zero.” To her, nothing is more worthy to talk about that journalism.
Read Our Full Story Here
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https://telegra.ph/Interview-The-last-faith-of-Choy-Yuk-ling---selfless-and-fearless-05-17
Source：Standnews #Apr22
#Interview #Faith #ChoyYukling #BaoChoy #Selfless #Fearless #RTHK #Journalist #Incident721
Before interviewing Choy Yuk-ling, some of my colleagues who knew her well said that Bao (her nickname in the journalism industry) would talk a lot about news but might not much about herself.
After the interview I realised that she was not hiding herself intentionally. Instead she had just injected her passion, faith, and most of her time into journalism. Speaking of her days after the suspension of her duty, she said, “My vocation as a journalist cannot be separated from my personal values. If I can no longer be a journalist, I can imagine the value of my life will become zero.” To her, nothing is more worthy to talk about that journalism.
Read Our Full Story Here
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https://telegra.ph/Interview-The-last-faith-of-Choy-Yuk-ling---selfless-and-fearless-05-17
Source：Standnews #Apr22
#Interview #Faith #ChoyYukling #BaoChoy #Selfless #Fearless #RTHK #Journalist #Incident721
How Do I Perceive the Position I am in?
Former Stand News journalist and now-detained pro-democracy activist Gwyneth Ho wrote about her thoughts and experience when going through the trial in Hong Kong.
Ho was accused of subverting the state and charged with the #NationalSecurityLaw.
"...When called by the name by Victor SO Wai-tak ... oops it should be 'called by the number' (defendants and prisoners are not named. Hi, this is D33 here~), I was reading a copy of Ming Pao [newspaper] left on the floor by another defendant. I was momentarily absorbed in an article about the '7.21 Mob in white' court case. It wrote that the courtroom was constantly showing the live broadcast, of that day, from 'The Stand News'… (I feel embarrassed just to think about it.)"
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/How-Do-I-Perceive-the-Position-I-am-in-06-11
Source：Stand News #Mar23
#Interview #Standnews #Journalist #GwynethHo #Position
Former Stand News journalist and now-detained pro-democracy activist Gwyneth Ho wrote about her thoughts and experience when going through the trial in Hong Kong.
Ho was accused of subverting the state and charged with the #NationalSecurityLaw.
"...When called by the name by Victor SO Wai-tak ... oops it should be 'called by the number' (defendants and prisoners are not named. Hi, this is D33 here~), I was reading a copy of Ming Pao [newspaper] left on the floor by another defendant. I was momentarily absorbed in an article about the '7.21 Mob in white' court case. It wrote that the courtroom was constantly showing the live broadcast, of that day, from 'The Stand News'… (I feel embarrassed just to think about it.)"
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/How-Do-I-Perceive-the-Position-I-am-in-06-11
Source：Stand News #Mar23
#Interview #Standnews #Journalist #GwynethHo #Position
Honoring Jimmy Lai
The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded 40 years ago to fight for journalists who are “attacked, imprisoned or killed.” In this spirit, the CPJ on Monday announced it is honoring Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai with its 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Mr. Lai, the founder, owner and contributor to the Apple Daily newspaper, won’t be able to accept the award in person because he sits in prison in Hong Kong.
The CPJ honor comes after another police raid on the newsroom last week. Five Apple Daily execs were arrested, and two—editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung—were charged under the new national security law and thus denied bail. The CPJ notes that Mr. Lai “fights for the right of his Apple News organization to publish freely, even as China and its backers in Hong Kong use every tool to quash them.”
Source: WSJ #Jun21
https://www.wsj.com/articles/honoring-jimmy-lai-11624248153
#JimmyLai #Journalist #Freedom #Award
The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded 40 years ago to fight for journalists who are “attacked, imprisoned or killed.” In this spirit, the CPJ on Monday announced it is honoring Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai with its 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Mr. Lai, the founder, owner and contributor to the Apple Daily newspaper, won’t be able to accept the award in person because he sits in prison in Hong Kong.
The CPJ honor comes after another police raid on the newsroom last week. Five Apple Daily execs were arrested, and two—editor-in-chief Ryan Law and chief executive officer Cheung Kim-hung—were charged under the new national security law and thus denied bail. The CPJ notes that Mr. Lai “fights for the right of his Apple News organization to publish freely, even as China and its backers in Hong Kong use every tool to quash them.”
Source: WSJ #Jun21
https://www.wsj.com/articles/honoring-jimmy-lai-11624248153
#JimmyLai #Journalist #Freedom #Award
Foreign journalists harassed covering China floods, correspondents' club says
Journalists from several media outlets covering recent floods in China were harassed online and by local residents, with staff from the BBC and Los Angeles Times receiving death threats, according to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC).
In a statement on Tuesday, the FCCC criticised what it said was growing hostility to foreign media, some of which it said was fanned by official bodies.
"There must be immediate action by the Chinese government to stop these attacks which continue to endanger foreign journalists," the BBC said in a statement on Twitter.
Source: Reuters #Jul27
https://reut.rs/3zEkQu2
#China #BBC #LosAngelesTimes #FCCC #journalist
Journalists from several media outlets covering recent floods in China were harassed online and by local residents, with staff from the BBC and Los Angeles Times receiving death threats, according to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC).
In a statement on Tuesday, the FCCC criticised what it said was growing hostility to foreign media, some of which it said was fanned by official bodies.
"There must be immediate action by the Chinese government to stop these attacks which continue to endanger foreign journalists," the BBC said in a statement on Twitter.
Source: Reuters #Jul27
https://reut.rs/3zEkQu2
#China #BBC #LosAngelesTimes #FCCC #journalist
#PoliceState
IPCC Said Nothing Wrong with Hong Kong Police Shooting Journist without Warning during #PolyUSiege
During the Anti-ELAB movement on November 18, 2019, pro-democracy protesters trapped in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) attempted to break through the cordon line; however, the police outflanked them by splitting into 3 routes.
When a journalist from #StandNews was interviewing an arrestee, whose face was covered with blood, a sheriff from the Z4 Police Tactic Unit (#PTU) suddenly shot a #PepperBalls to the journalist's feet without warning.
Two years later, the Complaints Against Police Office (#CAPO) ruled that there was "nothing wrong" and the Independent Police Complaints Council (#IPCC) agreed with the classification.
CAPO replied in a letter regarding the case, claiming that police did not have a choice but to shoot the pepper balls and apply a minimum level of violence to disperse the crowd. The letter said that the aim was to "protect the police and the arrestees" and the reason was that "someone was non-stop chasing after the police" and "the police has asked people on site to leave, but they ignored".
There is a footnote in the letter, claiming that there is either a "misunderstanding," or "sufficient evidence showing the fairness and rationality of the actions carried out under #PoliceForceOrdinance."
Source: Stand News #Nov09
https://thestandnews.page.link/ZaikSY3mthxbyaVcA
#PoliceBrutality #PressFreedom #Journalist
IPCC Said Nothing Wrong with Hong Kong Police Shooting Journist without Warning during #PolyUSiege
During the Anti-ELAB movement on November 18, 2019, pro-democracy protesters trapped in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) attempted to break through the cordon line; however, the police outflanked them by splitting into 3 routes.
When a journalist from #StandNews was interviewing an arrestee, whose face was covered with blood, a sheriff from the Z4 Police Tactic Unit (#PTU) suddenly shot a #PepperBalls to the journalist's feet without warning.
Two years later, the Complaints Against Police Office (#CAPO) ruled that there was "nothing wrong" and the Independent Police Complaints Council (#IPCC) agreed with the classification.
CAPO replied in a letter regarding the case, claiming that police did not have a choice but to shoot the pepper balls and apply a minimum level of violence to disperse the crowd. The letter said that the aim was to "protect the police and the arrestees" and the reason was that "someone was non-stop chasing after the police" and "the police has asked people on site to leave, but they ignored".
There is a footnote in the letter, claiming that there is either a "misunderstanding," or "sufficient evidence showing the fairness and rationality of the actions carried out under #PoliceForceOrdinance."
Source: Stand News #Nov09
https://thestandnews.page.link/ZaikSY3mthxbyaVcA
#PoliceBrutality #PressFreedom #Journalist
Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Jailed over Covid-19 Report, Weighing Less Than 40kg on Hunger Strike
Her Family: She may not live long
China citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" after exposing the epidemic in Wuhan last year. She has been on a hunger strike in prison, and her health is deteriorating.
Her brother, Zhang Ju, recently posted on Twitter that his sister appears to be terminally ill and is worried that she will not be able to survive the winter. The British Embassy in China urges the Chinese authorities to release Zhang Zhan and other detained journalists immediately.
In a series of posts on Twitter on Saturday and Sunday, Zhang Ju revealed his sister Zhang Zhan's latest condition and posted her old photos. "I don't think she can live much longer," he said, adding that Zhang is 177cm tall but weighs less than 40kg now, "if she doesn't make it through the coming cold winter, I hope the world will remember her".
Editor note: "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" is a charge routinely used to suppress dissent, levelling against citizen journalists, human rights lawyers and activists.
#China #Wuhan #ZhangZhan #Prison #HungerStrike #Journalist #PressFreedom #Covid19 #Pandemic #ZhangJu #Twitter #BritishEmbassy
Source: The Stand News #Nov02
https://bit.ly/30529DQ
Her Family: She may not live long
China citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" after exposing the epidemic in Wuhan last year. She has been on a hunger strike in prison, and her health is deteriorating.
Her brother, Zhang Ju, recently posted on Twitter that his sister appears to be terminally ill and is worried that she will not be able to survive the winter. The British Embassy in China urges the Chinese authorities to release Zhang Zhan and other detained journalists immediately.
In a series of posts on Twitter on Saturday and Sunday, Zhang Ju revealed his sister Zhang Zhan's latest condition and posted her old photos. "I don't think she can live much longer," he said, adding that Zhang is 177cm tall but weighs less than 40kg now, "if she doesn't make it through the coming cold winter, I hope the world will remember her".
Editor note: "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" is a charge routinely used to suppress dissent, levelling against citizen journalists, human rights lawyers and activists.
#China #Wuhan #ZhangZhan #Prison #HungerStrike #Journalist #PressFreedom #Covid19 #Pandemic #ZhangJu #Twitter #BritishEmbassy
Source: The Stand News #Nov02
https://bit.ly/30529DQ
#FreedomOfSpeech #PoliceState
Dutch journalist manhandled off camera by a Communist guard while reporting live outside the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony
//Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was halted by Chinese guards as reported live on air.
He was dragged away while his camera was also blocked as he covered the Olympic opening ceremony. His boss described the incident as a "a painful illustration" of the media is treated in China.//
Read full article:
https://www.insider.com/video-dutch-journalist-manhandled-off-camera-by-guards-at-olympics-2022-2
#WinterOlympics #CCP #Totalitarianism #Journalist #SjoerdDenDaas #NOSJournaal
Dutch journalist manhandled off camera by a Communist guard while reporting live outside the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony
//Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was halted by Chinese guards as reported live on air.
He was dragged away while his camera was also blocked as he covered the Olympic opening ceremony. His boss described the incident as a "a painful illustration" of the media is treated in China.//
Read full article:
https://www.insider.com/video-dutch-journalist-manhandled-off-camera-by-guards-at-olympics-2022-2
#WinterOlympics #CCP #Totalitarianism #Journalist #SjoerdDenDaas #NOSJournaal
#StandwithUkraine #StopWar
"They Are Lying to You": A Russian Journalist Stormed a Live Broadcast to Protest Against Russian Invasion in Ukraine
During the newscast, Russian TV editor, Marina Ovsyannikova, came out holding a handwritten sign that read: "No war. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. Here they’re lying to you. Russians against war.” She was also chanting, "Stop the war! No to war!"
Ovsyannikova who has been hailed as 'the bravest woman in Russia' for her protest, live on Channel One, has reportedly been arrested.
Her actions are likely to have dire consequences, however, it is not immediately clear if she will face more serious consequences as a result of her demonstration.
Source: Vice; #Mar14
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gbnx/russian-protester-maria-ovsiannikova-no-war
#Journalist #Media #Ukraine
"They Are Lying to You": A Russian Journalist Stormed a Live Broadcast to Protest Against Russian Invasion in Ukraine
During the newscast, Russian TV editor, Marina Ovsyannikova, came out holding a handwritten sign that read: "No war. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. Here they’re lying to you. Russians against war.” She was also chanting, "Stop the war! No to war!"
Ovsyannikova who has been hailed as 'the bravest woman in Russia' for her protest, live on Channel One, has reportedly been arrested.
Her actions are likely to have dire consequences, however, it is not immediately clear if she will face more serious consequences as a result of her demonstration.
Source: Vice; #Mar14
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gbnx/russian-protester-maria-ovsiannikova-no-war
#Journalist #Media #Ukraine
‘We fought the good fight’: journalists in Hong Kong reel from assault on media
As the last news programme came to a close and anchors bade farewell to their online audience on 3 January, Chris Yeung, the founder and chief writer of Citizen News, gathered together his staff and tried to strike an optimistic tone.
“Remember our very best memories,” he said, dressed in a blue shirt with sleeves rolled up and a crimson jumper draped on his shoulders. “No one knows what will happen next. Don’t worry. Just remember the happy things.”
It was the day 90 largely pro-establishment legislators were sworn in. The previous evening, the independent Chinese-language news outlet of five years said it was closing. It justified the decision citing a deteriorating media environment and concerns for the safety of its staff.
Source: The Guardian #Jan11
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/we-fought-the-good-fight-journalists-in-hong-kong-reel-from-assault-on-media
#Journalist #HongKong #ChrisYeung #CitizenNews
As the last news programme came to a close and anchors bade farewell to their online audience on 3 January, Chris Yeung, the founder and chief writer of Citizen News, gathered together his staff and tried to strike an optimistic tone.
“Remember our very best memories,” he said, dressed in a blue shirt with sleeves rolled up and a crimson jumper draped on his shoulders. “No one knows what will happen next. Don’t worry. Just remember the happy things.”
It was the day 90 largely pro-establishment legislators were sworn in. The previous evening, the independent Chinese-language news outlet of five years said it was closing. It justified the decision citing a deteriorating media environment and concerns for the safety of its staff.
Source: The Guardian #Jan11
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/we-fought-the-good-fight-journalists-in-hong-kong-reel-from-assault-on-media
#Journalist #HongKong #ChrisYeung #CitizenNews