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Apple Daily: The Hong Kong newspaper that pushed the boundary
It started off as a local tabloid with a reputation for sensational headlines and paparazzi photographs. But over its 26 years in print, Hong Kong’s Apple Daily became something rarer – a newspaper unafraid to be openly critical of the Chinese state and a standard bearer for the pro-democracy movement. Its role as one of…
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Hong Kong Police Arrests A Prominent Pro-Democracy Figure, Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Keith Richburg, a journalism professor at the University of Hong Kong, about the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under Hong Kong’s new security law.
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The Atlantic – Hong Kong’s Most Brazen Arrest Yet
As Hong Kong began to absorb the gravity of a new national-security law forced upon it by Beijing, Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, told a reporter that the city’s residents needn’t worry. The city’s Basic Law, its mini-constitution, she said last month, “clearly stated” that the “people of Hong Kong should be able to…
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Hong Kong police arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai, raid newspaper in crackdown by Beijing
SHANGHAI — Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken supporter of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, was arrested Monday along with his sons and several colleagues at the Apple Daily newspaper. It was a shocking assertion of China’s power over the city’s long-cherished media freedoms — and a chilling turning point for its independent journalists.
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Hong Kong Arrests Jimmy Lai, Media Mogul, Under National Security Law
HONG KONG — In a high-profile attack on free speech and dissent in Hong Kong, the police on Monday arrested Jimmy Lai, a prominent pro-democracy media tycoon, and raided the offices of his newspaper, demonstrating China’s resolve to silence the opposition and bring the city to heel. The arrest was part of a striking crackdown…
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FCC – What the National Security Law Means for Press Freedom
Former Washington Post bureau chief, Keith Richburg, lawyer Sharron Fast, and author Antony Dapiran on the potential threats to press freedom posed by Hong Kong’s National Security Law.