Hong Kong police hit journalists covering protests with tear gas and pepper spray
September 9, 2019 10:40 AM ET
Taipei, September 9, 2019 -- Hong Kong police must cease their unprovoked use of tear gas and pepper spray against journalists covering protests in the city, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Video journalist injured by tear gas canister at Hong Kong protest
August 5, 2019 3:53 PM ET
Taipei, August 5, 2019—Hong Kong authorities should investigate reports that police fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets toward journalists and ensure that the media can cover protests without fear of injury or arrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
Hong Kong journalists try range of models to battle press freedom challenges
January 12, 2017 3:41 PM ET
A new Chinese-language website pledging to provide Hong Kong with "independent, accurate and fair" news is the latest journalism venture to open in the city, in an attempt to counter increasing Chinese control of the media. Citizen News was...
In Hong Kong, Kevin Lau's resiliency reflected in new independent media
August 24, 2015 3:01 PM ET
A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced two men to 19 years in prison for the attack on journalist Kevin Lau Chun-to. The brutal knifing, of which the mastermind has still not been identified, came at a time when...