#HK #PressFreedom

Again, #CCP's ambition extends far beyond #HongKong, #Taiwan, it aims at the dominating global politics. #HK is an example of how fast and ugly things will crumble under #Beijing's orders, the world should not take their freedom and rights for granted but keep their eyes open to threats.
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#BaoChoy #ChoyYukling #PressFreedom #EuropeanUnion #EU #freedomofpress #YuenLong #English #diyms

We’d like to say a big thank you to journalists in #HongKong and #China still striving to get the news out there despite #CCP draconian rule. 32 years ago, students in #Beijing begged foreign journalists to get their stories on #TiananmenSquare out there because they couldn’t. More than 3 decades have passed, #China has not democratised under CCP’s rule. We should shed the illusion that they will change!
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#worldpressfreedomday #worldpressfreedomday2021 #pressfreedom #journalist #freedomofpress #english #meme #diyms

Happening now in #hongkong: another assault on #pressfreedom, if there is still any.
Referencing the “national security law” the Hong Kong government arrested multiple executives from the last standing pro-democracy printed-newspaper, @appledailyhk, and entered the company’s office for “conducting investigations”.
Photo from @thestandnews
#fuckccp #boycottchina #china #standwithhongkong #newspaper #appledaily #apple #ccp #diyms #english

#PoliceState #PoliticalProsecution
HK Police Arrests More #AppleDaily Editors

On the evening of June 27, 2021, Hong Kong Police arrested one more editor who used to write in the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

#FungWaiKong, aged 57, was the editor-in-chief of the English news of Apple Daily and a columnist for the Chinese-language edition under thd pen name Lo Fung.

The police accused of him "conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security". The arrest was made at the airport.

Fung Wai-kong is the seventh employee of the now-closed Apple Daily who was arrested under #NationalSecurityLaw. The founder #JimmyLai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, has been jailed since Janurary 2021.

The 26-year-old Apple Daily was forced to shut down on June 23, 2021 after the police raided the headquarters, arrested 3 editors and 2 executives, and froze the key assets and bank accounts of the newspaper. On the day when the last edition was announced, police arrested one more new commentator.

The Hong Kong Journalists' Association (#HKJA) condemned the police for targeting journalists.

Source: Stand News #Jun27
https://bit.ly/2SAUrgY

#Journalism #PressFreedom #SupportAppleDaily #PoliticalPrisoner

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Hongkongers Stay Up Overnight to Buy Apple Daily for One Last Time

https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/30233

Beijing introduces a propaganda department for #HongKong, further eradicating #PressFreedom.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-24/beijing-expands-footprint-in-hong-kong-with-new-departments

#ReportersWithoutBorders and 44-NGO coalition urge Chinese President #XiJinping to release #Covid19 reporter on #hungerstrike

//On September 17, 2021, Reporters Without Borders (#RSF) and a coalition of 44 human rights NGOs urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to exonerate and release Covid-19 reporter #ZhangZhan, who has been on hunger strike since May 2020, for which she was forced-fed.

“Zhang Zhan did not commit any crime but instead courageously risked her life to inform the public on the health crisis. She should never have been arrested, let alone subjected to a harsh prison sentence”, says the head of RSF East Asia bureau, Cédric Alviani, who urges President Xi Jinping to “ensure that Zhang Zhan is released before it’s too late.”//

Source: RSF #Sept17

https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-and-44-ngo-coalition-urge-chinese-president-xi-jinping-release-covid-19-reporter-hunger-strike

Related news:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/28615

#PoliticalProsecution #PressFreedom #Regime #CCPRules

#Irony
CCP State Media Justifies Propaganda on #JournalistsDay as Crackdown on Citizen Journalists Continue

Journalists in China are either part of state-owned propaganda or being imprisoned for criticising the government.

November 8 marks the Journalists’ Day in China. Most state-funded media published articles praising the work done by media workers.

In the party funded People’s Daily, several journalists were interviewed to talk about their work on the ground. Among them, one described their work as a "tribute to the [Chinese Communist] Party's centennial anniversary."

Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the state-funded tabloid Global Times, tweeted that "journalists are part of state-owned propaganda."

Never mentioned on these official media were those independent journalists and citizen journalists who have been imprisoned, detained, or arrested for pursueing truths under the Chinese Communist Party’s (#CCP) rule.

Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist and former lawyer, was sentenced in December 2020 to four years in jail for her reporting on CCP’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It has been confirmed that Huang Xueqin, a women's rights activist, and independent journalist, was being arrested.

#PressFreedom #ZhangZhan #HuangXueQin #Propaganda

Source: Stand News; #Nov8
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/4718665174885732

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