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‘Death by a thousand cuts,’ journalism professor says of press freedom in Hong Kong
Keith Richburg of The University of Hong Kong discusses the factors that have hit press freedom in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong journalist on trial after probing police misconduct
Press freedom is once again in the spotlight in Hong Kong. A veteran journalist from the public broadcaster is on trial after investigating police misconduct. Bao Choy has pleaded not guilty to charges she made false statements to get data she used in a documentary. Al Jazeera’s Sarah Clarke reports from Hong Kong.
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Chinese officials stifle, expel foreign journalists for doing their job
In the last year, Chinese officials have singled out foreign journalists and denied them access to carry out their work — in some cases even pressured them to leave the country, according to a new report. The Chinese government has claimed it to be a reciprocation for treatment of Chinese journalists in the U.S. Special…
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Foreign correspondents in China say harassment, intimidation by authorities ramping up
Unwanted attention of authorities and obstruction on the job is just part of the territory for many foreign correspondents working in China. Steven Lee Myers, Beijing bureau chief for the New York Times, wrote about one such experience when he was detained for 17 hours in Sichuan province, along with French photographer Gilles Sabrié. Lee…
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Initium Media – 香港，亞洲外媒之都的殞落？
【編者按】這是端傳媒2020年終專題的第一篇，歡迎點擊訂閱專題。我們與你一起，關注一個時代的碎裂與另一個時代的新生。 不久前，來自愛爾蘭的麥固崙（Aaron Mc Nicholas）離開他生活了5年的香港。「我要走了，但你們要留下，並設法應對這些來臨的轉變。」離境前，他對一群香港記者朋友說。
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How Hong Kong’s student reporters fear being silenced under new police rules
Since pro-democracy protests erupted in Hong Kong last June, journalists have been on the front lines of civil unrest. Behind all the cameras and flash lights are not only the people from prominent news organisations, but also freelance and student journalists who insist on documenting the truth.
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Hong Kong journalists brace for impact of new police order
Hong Kong police will only recognize government-registered and “internationally renowned” media, in a move journalists and scholars said would further hamper the city’s press freedoms.
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As Hong Kong’s academic year begins, it’s unclear what can legally be said in a classroom — and whether student activism is a thing of the past
In the heart of the leafy, mountain-top campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong stands a replica of a giant statue erected by protesting students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, before a bloody crackdown by Chinese troops. A monument to freedom, the “Goddess of Democracy” has long been a symbol of Hong Kong’s…
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University of Hong Kong visa application for Pulitzer-winning journalist prompts long list of ‘unusual’ questions from gov’t
The Hong Kong Immigration Department asked a long list of “unusual” questions when processing a work visa for an award-winning veteran journalist who was invited to join the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as a visiting professor. Citizen News first reported on Saturday that the foreign journalist was supposed to teach a course on feature…
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眾新聞 – 普立茲獎得主一度申請來港教書 入境處50提問刁難
眾新聞得悉，一位曾獲新聞界殊榮普立茲獎的資深外國記者，早前獲香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心邀請來港擔任九月開課這個學期的訪問學人，但向入境處申請工作簽證接近2個月仍未批出，期間入境處向申請人及學院提出多達40至50條問題，最終申請人撤回申請。