#PressFreedom
More News Outlets Leave Hong Kong and Suspend Service, Citing #RedLine of #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 10, 2022, Initium Media, an online news outlet, announced that they are evacuating their office from Hong Kong. They will no longer offer customer service through any Hong Kong landline telephone number. Matter related to subscription, advertisement and internship will be dealth with through email.
Meanwhile, Radio Free Asia (#RFA) also suspended some Cantonese programmes and commentaries, due to concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong and the the national security law.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press; Epoch Times #Feb11
More News Outlets Leave Hong Kong and Suspend Service, Citing #RedLine of #NationalSecurityLaw
On February 10, 2022, Initium Media, an online news outlet, announced that they are evacuating their office from Hong Kong. They will no longer offer customer service through any Hong Kong landline telephone number. Matter related to subscription, advertisement and internship will be dealth with through email.
Meanwhile, Radio Free Asia (#RFA) also suspended some Cantonese programmes and commentaries, due to concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong and the the national security law.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press; Epoch Times #Feb11
#PressFreedom #Censorship
Why the days of Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club may be numbered
//I fear the days of the FCC itself are numbered. ...//
// The end could happen suddenly, given the news on Monday [Ed. April 25] that the club had cancelled its annual Human Rights Press Awards because of the “red lines” China has drawn on what is permissible to be published and the club’s fear the awards could inadvertently cross into dangerous territory for the club, its members, and participants in the awards. //
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/01/why-the-days-of-hong-kongs-foreign-correspondents-club-may-be-numbered/
#FCC #RedLine #HumanRights #WhiteTerror
Why the days of Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club may be numbered
//I fear the days of the FCC itself are numbered. ...//
// The end could happen suddenly, given the news on Monday [Ed. April 25] that the club had cancelled its annual Human Rights Press Awards because of the “red lines” China has drawn on what is permissible to be published and the club’s fear the awards could inadvertently cross into dangerous territory for the club, its members, and participants in the awards. //
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/01/why-the-days-of-hong-kongs-foreign-correspondents-club-may-be-numbered/
#FCC #RedLine #HumanRights #WhiteTerror