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Police Pepper Spray and Injure Multiple Reporters
23:36, Mong Kok
Reporters on site got pepper sprayed by police. Some had their whole body covered by the irritants, including helmet, gas masks, cameras, and even fingers. One reporter was hit on the head with batons and then taken away by the police.
Source: FlashMediaHK #15Dec #FreedomOfPress #PoliceBrutality
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GTv3DHrmm/?igshid=kohqovvu0kws
23:36, Mong Kok
Reporters on site got pepper sprayed by police. Some had their whole body covered by the irritants, including helmet, gas masks, cameras, and even fingers. One reporter was hit on the head with batons and then taken away by the police.
Source: FlashMediaHK #15Dec #FreedomOfPress #PoliceBrutality
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GTv3DHrmm/?igshid=kohqovvu0kws
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Following complaints made by the police about RTHK’s satirical show Headliner, the requirement for free TV licensees to air this show is lifted. This is a solid example of police interfering with freedom of the press
#RTHK #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfSpeech
Further reading:
It’s time to change the channel…RTHK awaits you
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/18192
#RTHK #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfSpeech
Further reading:
It’s time to change the channel…RTHK awaits you
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/18192
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#Newspaper
Wheelchair-bound journalist harassed by Riot Police
(27 Feb) A wheelchair-bound journalist was harassed by riot police when he was covering a protest in Tuen Mun district. The officer teased him and challenged if one could be a reporter in a wheelchair.
The social media group that the journalist belongs to, the White Night, condemned the behavior of the officer to the reporter in a post on its official Facebook Page .
Another reporter has also witnessed that riot police officer and his colleagues suspected of teasing and harassing the disabled reporter. The officer however was not identified as he did not have his force identification number or warrant card shown. This left the White Night with no way to file a complaint on the misconduct and disability discrimination against the experienced front-line reporter.
It is demanded that the police work with utmost professionalism and respect the rights of journalists to work and cover news without intervention.
The White Night is an online media group which gathers people from different backgrounds to cover news on a voluntary basis.
Source: Stand News
https://bit.ly/2wQvLFT
#Discrimination #FreedomOfPress #Disability #PoliceState
Wheelchair-bound journalist harassed by Riot Police
(27 Feb) A wheelchair-bound journalist was harassed by riot police when he was covering a protest in Tuen Mun district. The officer teased him and challenged if one could be a reporter in a wheelchair.
The social media group that the journalist belongs to, the White Night, condemned the behavior of the officer to the reporter in a post on its official Facebook Page .
Another reporter has also witnessed that riot police officer and his colleagues suspected of teasing and harassing the disabled reporter. The officer however was not identified as he did not have his force identification number or warrant card shown. This left the White Night with no way to file a complaint on the misconduct and disability discrimination against the experienced front-line reporter.
It is demanded that the police work with utmost professionalism and respect the rights of journalists to work and cover news without intervention.
The White Night is an online media group which gathers people from different backgrounds to cover news on a voluntary basis.
Source: Stand News
https://bit.ly/2wQvLFT
#Discrimination #FreedomOfPress #Disability #PoliceState
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#PoliticalOppression
Next Digital Labor Union: Warrant does not include searching news materials, strongly condemns police's raid
The Next Digital Union issued a statement, accusing the police of intimidating the media and severely infringing on the freedom of press, and condemned it most strongly.
The Union stated that some police officers had searched documents and news materials without showing the search warrant to the Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law Wai-kwong and his lawyer beforehand. Even when the reporters asked them to stop, they refused respond to the reporters' requests.
The Union quoted from Law that the police search warrant stated the search did not include any news materials, and strongly condemned the police for touching and looking news materials up without authorization, undermining the media's principle of confidentiality of data sources, and seriously infringing the freedom of the press.
Regarding what the police referred to as a "preliminary review," the Union considered it extremely unreasonable as each department has been sufficiently labeled, and thus the police would know the searching area was confined to the editorial department. Hence the browsing of the documents was considered to be an abuse of power.
The Union also stated that the police had once ordered all reporters in the building to stop filming while constantly expanding their cordon, preventing reporters from doing their work. They criticised the police for their action, emphasising that a raid on newspaper office involves public interests, and that interfering with press work is considered a serious encroachment on press freedom.
The Union stated that raid on news agencies is rare and serious incidents in Hong Kong's history, and believes that this act would bring catastrophic results. They questioned the true motive for raiding the headquarters en mass, suggesting that its true purpose was to harass and threaten the press. They emphasised that journalists in Next Digital would remain at their post until the last moment.
Source: RTHK #Aug10
#WhiteTerror #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress
Next Digital Labor Union: Warrant does not include searching news materials, strongly condemns police's raid
The Next Digital Union issued a statement, accusing the police of intimidating the media and severely infringing on the freedom of press, and condemned it most strongly.
The Union stated that some police officers had searched documents and news materials without showing the search warrant to the Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law Wai-kwong and his lawyer beforehand. Even when the reporters asked them to stop, they refused respond to the reporters' requests.
The Union quoted from Law that the police search warrant stated the search did not include any news materials, and strongly condemned the police for touching and looking news materials up without authorization, undermining the media's principle of confidentiality of data sources, and seriously infringing the freedom of the press.
Regarding what the police referred to as a "preliminary review," the Union considered it extremely unreasonable as each department has been sufficiently labeled, and thus the police would know the searching area was confined to the editorial department. Hence the browsing of the documents was considered to be an abuse of power.
The Union also stated that the police had once ordered all reporters in the building to stop filming while constantly expanding their cordon, preventing reporters from doing their work. They criticised the police for their action, emphasising that a raid on newspaper office involves public interests, and that interfering with press work is considered a serious encroachment on press freedom.
The Union stated that raid on news agencies is rare and serious incidents in Hong Kong's history, and believes that this act would bring catastrophic results. They questioned the true motive for raiding the headquarters en mass, suggesting that its true purpose was to harass and threaten the press. They emphasised that journalists in Next Digital would remain at their post until the last moment.
Source: RTHK #Aug10
#WhiteTerror #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress
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#PoliticalOppression #FreedomofPress
Police head announces new rule in onsite news reporting to "benefit" "trust-worthy" media, calling "ticketing trouble-making reporters" a trial measure
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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/24126
Police head announces new rule in onsite news reporting to "benefit" "trust-worthy" media, calling "ticketing trouble-making reporters" a trial measure
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https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/24126
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#PoliceState
Reporters line up on Ning Po Street for their IDs be validated by PPRB
1534 | #NathanRoad, #Jordan
Armed police ordered reporters on the scene to gather in front of Dah Sing Bank for stop and search in order to validate their identity.
1542 | #NingPoStreet
Around 10 minutes later, PPRB asked for reporters to show their press ID for officers to check and validate one by one. Those unable to show a valid press ID would be ticketed for breaching the gathering ban.
A long line of reporters were sighted on Ning Po Street awaiting for their IDs be validated by PPRB. The police read out the names of media organizations one by one and only those with a “valid press id" would then be released.
1549 |
A reporter from RFA showed her press ID. PPRB officers claimed they have not heard of the news station and need to search online for validation.
Source: PSHK, Cable News
#Sept6 #FreedomOfPress
Reporters line up on Ning Po Street for their IDs be validated by PPRB
1534 | #NathanRoad, #Jordan
Armed police ordered reporters on the scene to gather in front of Dah Sing Bank for stop and search in order to validate their identity.
1542 | #NingPoStreet
Around 10 minutes later, PPRB asked for reporters to show their press ID for officers to check and validate one by one. Those unable to show a valid press ID would be ticketed for breaching the gathering ban.
A long line of reporters were sighted on Ning Po Street awaiting for their IDs be validated by PPRB. The police read out the names of media organizations one by one and only those with a “valid press id" would then be released.
1549 |
A reporter from RFA showed her press ID. PPRB officers claimed they have not heard of the news station and need to search online for validation.
Source: PSHK, Cable News
#Sept6 #FreedomOfPress
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#Censorship
Catholic Newspaper Makes Unauthorized Deletions in Article Critical of HK Government and Police
An article by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese was printed in the Catholic newspaper Kung Kao Po, but with statements removed without the commission's consent.
The deleted content included criticisms against the Hong Kong government's decisions during the Anti-ELAB movement, as well as the police's lack of respect for human life.
In a response to media, Kung Kao Po said they hope the Commission would respect their editorial freedom, and denied that they were ordered to censor their content.
The article, titled "What Price a Life?", was printed in the Justice and Peace Commission column in issue #4006 of the newspaper.
According to a statement by the Commission, the newspaper deleted parts of the article, and published the edited version without their consent: "We hereby solemnly declare that the edited article has no relation to us."
The commission had contacted the paper multiple times to express that they did not accept the edit, "yet their chief editor did not respect our wishes, and published in our column the edited version, which we do not agree with. We deeply regret the paper's decision."
The original text provided by the Commission shows that three sentences were deleted by the paper. These included statements critical of the government and police force during the anti-ELAB movement:
"Yet the government had also made decisions during the anti-ELAB movement that caused the public to worry that a humanitarian crisis may be developing."
"However, the non-elected HKSAR government has time and again neglected human dignity; if the police force, which ought to defend the safety of the people, had neglected the value of human life; how can such a Hong Kong be repaired and restored?"
"Even though speaking the truth today may cause an 'even higher level' threat to be brought down upon us, we can no longer fall back and compromise."
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#WhiteTerror #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #KungKaoPo
#JusticeandPeaceCommission
Catholic Newspaper Makes Unauthorized Deletions in Article Critical of HK Government and Police
An article by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese was printed in the Catholic newspaper Kung Kao Po, but with statements removed without the commission's consent.
The deleted content included criticisms against the Hong Kong government's decisions during the Anti-ELAB movement, as well as the police's lack of respect for human life.
In a response to media, Kung Kao Po said they hope the Commission would respect their editorial freedom, and denied that they were ordered to censor their content.
The article, titled "What Price a Life?", was printed in the Justice and Peace Commission column in issue #4006 of the newspaper.
According to a statement by the Commission, the newspaper deleted parts of the article, and published the edited version without their consent: "We hereby solemnly declare that the edited article has no relation to us."
The commission had contacted the paper multiple times to express that they did not accept the edit, "yet their chief editor did not respect our wishes, and published in our column the edited version, which we do not agree with. We deeply regret the paper's decision."
The original text provided by the Commission shows that three sentences were deleted by the paper. These included statements critical of the government and police force during the anti-ELAB movement:
"Yet the government had also made decisions during the anti-ELAB movement that caused the public to worry that a humanitarian crisis may be developing."
"However, the non-elected HKSAR government has time and again neglected human dignity; if the police force, which ought to defend the safety of the people, had neglected the value of human life; how can such a Hong Kong be repaired and restored?"
"Even though speaking the truth today may cause an 'even higher level' threat to be brought down upon us, we can no longer fall back and compromise."
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#WhiteTerror #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #KungKaoPo
#JusticeandPeaceCommission
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#WhiteTerror #Censorship
Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
In late December 2021, six former and current senior staff members of Stand News were arrested for "conspiracy to publish a seditious material". The authorities said that it contravened sections 9 and 10 of the Crimes Ordinance.
The former chief-editor Chung Pui-Kuen and the former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam Shiu-Tung were both detained and denied bail. Stand News immediately announced to cease operation.
On January 6, 2022, #MingPao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, stated in its editorial that the newspaper has no intention to "incite hatred, dissatisfaction, and hostility" and they are only "pointing out the wrongdoings and suggesting a legal improvement to the society".
Following #StandNews, #CitizenNews and other 5 media have been recently closed down.
The chief-writer in Citizen News Chris Yeung Kin-Hing worried about the unpredictable redline. He was not comfortable to be a journalist as any article, report and interview can be classified as incitement.
Chief Executive #CarrieLam, however, claimed that the number of media registered on the information service department has increased in the past year, when she was asked whether press freedom has declined.
"The shut down of the media is their personal choice that we should not directly connect it with #FreedomofPress. The government and the police force only act in accordance with the law."
The editorial posted by Ming Pao reads:
"Criticism in the journal was to point out the mistakes or weaknesses of the related systems, policies or regulations and aim to correct or to eliminate them with legal improvement. There are no hatred, dissatisfaction, or hostility incitement to the government or other social groups."
Source: InMedia #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3JLmArq
#CarrieLam #YeungKinHing #ChungPuiKuen #LamShiuTung #NSL #CrimesOrdinance #PressFreedom #MediaLandscape
Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
In late December 2021, six former and current senior staff members of Stand News were arrested for "conspiracy to publish a seditious material". The authorities said that it contravened sections 9 and 10 of the Crimes Ordinance.
The former chief-editor Chung Pui-Kuen and the former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam Shiu-Tung were both detained and denied bail. Stand News immediately announced to cease operation.
On January 6, 2022, #MingPao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, stated in its editorial that the newspaper has no intention to "incite hatred, dissatisfaction, and hostility" and they are only "pointing out the wrongdoings and suggesting a legal improvement to the society".
Following #StandNews, #CitizenNews and other 5 media have been recently closed down.
The chief-writer in Citizen News Chris Yeung Kin-Hing worried about the unpredictable redline. He was not comfortable to be a journalist as any article, report and interview can be classified as incitement.
Chief Executive #CarrieLam, however, claimed that the number of media registered on the information service department has increased in the past year, when she was asked whether press freedom has declined.
"The shut down of the media is their personal choice that we should not directly connect it with #FreedomofPress. The government and the police force only act in accordance with the law."
The editorial posted by Ming Pao reads:
"Criticism in the journal was to point out the mistakes or weaknesses of the related systems, policies or regulations and aim to correct or to eliminate them with legal improvement. There are no hatred, dissatisfaction, or hostility incitement to the government or other social groups."
Source: InMedia #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3JLmArq
#CarrieLam #YeungKinHing #ChungPuiKuen #LamShiuTung #NSL #CrimesOrdinance #PressFreedom #MediaLandscape