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Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong in 2023.

Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong jail is ‘breaking his body,’ says his son

In his tireless global campaign to save 77-year-old media publisher Jimmy Lai from life imprisonment in Hong Kong, Sebastien Lai has not seen his father for more than four years. Sebastien, who leads the #FreeJimmyLai campaign, last saw his father in August 2020 — weeks after Beijing imposed a national security law that led to…

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, handcuffed and chained between two officers, is led into a police van as he heads to court to be charged under the territory's national security law on December 12, 2020 as he is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security.

Hong Kong must end Jimmy Lai’s show trial, CPJ urges ahead of hearing

New York, November 18, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Hong Kong government to drop its trumped-up charges against media publisher Jimmy Lai, who is set to take the stand for the first time on Wednesday in his trial on national security charges, which could see the 77-year-old jailed for life if convicted. “This…

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Hong Kong editor sentenced to 21 months on sedition charges

Taipei, September 26, 2024 — A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced two former Stand News editors on charges of conspiracy to publish seditious publications following their convictions in late August. Chung Pui-kuen received one year and nine months in prison, and Patrick Lam, who received 11 months, was released after the hearing as he…

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Photojournalist Louise Delmotte was repatriated back to France after arriving at the city’s airport as a tourist on September 14. (Photo: Reuters/Giulia Marchi)

Hong Kong denies work visa to photojournalist Louise Delmotte 

Taipei, September 25, 2024—Hong Kong authorities should renew Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Louise Delmotte’s visa, and allow foreign correspondents to work freely in the city, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. “Denying Louise Delmotte’s entry is a petty act of retaliation against her journalistic work,” said Iris Hsu, CPJ’s China representative. “This pattern…

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Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of Stand News, leaves the district court on bail after the verdict in a landmark sedition trial against two former editors of the now-defunct media outlet, in Hong Kong, China, on August 29.

CPJ, others: China criminalizing journalism in Hong Kong with Stand News verdict

Taipei, September 2, 2024—Hong Kong authorities are criminalizing normal journalistic work with the “openly political” conviction of two editors from the shuttered news portal Stand News for subversion, the Committee to Protect Journalists and four other rights groups said. By weaponizing the legal system against journalists, China has ruthlessly reneged on guarantees given to Hong…

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Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered outlet Stand News, walks outside on bail after he was found guilty in a landmark sedition trial under a colonial-era law, in Wanchai District Court in Hong Kong on August 29, 2024.

Hong Kong is ‘descending further into authoritarianism’

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned Thursday’s conviction by a Hong Kong court of former Stand News editors Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-kuen on charges of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and called on authorities to stop using anti-state charges against journalists. The ruling showed that Hong Kong is “descending further into authoritarianism,” CPJ Asia…

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Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now-shuttered outlet Stand News, walks outside on bail after he was found guilty in a landmark sedition trial under a colonial-era law, in Wanchai District Court in Hong Kong on August 29, 2024.

CPJ condemns Hong Kong’s conviction of 2 Stand News editors for sedition

Taipei, August 29, 2024— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday’s conviction by a Hong Kong court of former Stand News editors Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-kuen on charges of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and calls on authorities to stop using anti-state charges against journalists. “The guilty verdict is another nail in the coffin…

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People board a bus in Hong Kong, China, on February 27, 2024.

Hong Kong denies work visa to Bloomberg reporter Haze Fan

Taipei, August 23, 2024 – The Hong Kong Immigration Department has denied a work visa to Bloomberg News reporter Haze Fan, a Chinese national who was previously detained for at least 13 months by national security officials in Beijing. “Hong Kong authorities should not normalize the practice of refusing foreign or mainland Chinese journalists visa…

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CPJ decries Hong Kong court’s dismissal of Jimmy Lai appeal, role of UK judge Neuberger

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the decision by Hong Kong’s top court to uphold the conviction of publisher Jimmy Lai and six pro-democracy campaigners on charges of participating in an unauthorized assembly in 2019. CPJ is also dismayed by the participation of David Neuberger, a former head of Britain’s Supreme Court who also…

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Selina Cheng, a former reporter at the Wall Street Journal speaks to media in Hong Kong on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

CPJ calls for support for Hong Kong journalists amid growing pressure, trial delays 

New York, August 12, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Hong Kong authorities and news organizations to protect the rights of journalists to report freely and defend their profession at a time the media are facing growing pressure in the city. “There is no journalism without press freedom,” said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh…

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