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[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

Statement from @hk_watch - “These arrests are nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in Hong Kong, coming just one day after Jimmy Lai and six former Apple Daily journalists received similar charges.”

https://t.co/DvP94dCkSz

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

Footage shows national security police taking boxes of items out of the Stand News newsroom during a raid on Wednesday. Full story: https://t.co/Fd798Glect

[小白鼠先生😷 @shiroihamusan]

@lukedepulford 6 from Stand News has been taken according to NOW TV
Not much is left

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Journalist followers please amplify this. Stand News is a small, independent, media outlet in Hong Kong.

[Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc]

When free press is the focal point of human rights discussion this year, CCP keeps charging journalists and media that dare to challenge them and speak the truth. Among many others, the arrests of Denise Ho, Margaret Ng are prime examples. RELEASE THEM!
https://t.co/Sj6d4ZhOFE

[Clifford Stott @cliffordstott]

How democracy dies.

[Sunny Cheung @SunnyCheungky]

My dearest friend, famous Hong Kong singer @hoccgoomusic is being arrested for publishing inciting materials.

She is the most vocal artist in the HK movement. She spoke in front of the US Congress and the United Nations to decry Beijing’s crackdown.

Please #StandWithHongKong

[Frances Hui 許穎婷 @frances_hui]

Denise Ho, one of the @StandNewsHK's directors who were arrested in hk #JustNOW, tesified in front of @CECCgov in 2019 in an effort to lobby for the HK Human Rights & Democracy Act. Under great risk imposed by the #NSL, @hoccgoomusic bravely remains in hk as an independent singer

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

7/ And perhaps it was never necessary for Beijing to spell it out at the time of implementation anyway. All the authorities in Hong Kong, they would make way, and make it happen. #cooperationofpowers not #separationofpowers.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

6/ Which of these routes would be taken was unclear at the time of implementation; it was not expressly stated. Now, it seems pretty clear which pathway we're on. In line with the direction of "One Country, Two Systems" in HK.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

5/ NSL was a piece of law added into HK via Annex III of the Basic Law. There were at least two possible routes: (1) the operation of the NSL would be a separate regime, and existing criminal laws would remain unaffected; (2) NSL would gradually merge with existing laws.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

4/ Strictly speaking, that remark was unnecessary for that case. But we can perhaps now understand why it was said there and then.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

3/ The CFA's view did not come out of the blue. In fact, it laid down the stepping stone for expansion of NSL rules to non-NSL situations in the first case on NSL bail (Lai Chee Ying), saying that "acts endangering national security" could cover non-NSL offences.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

2/ This comes just 2 weeks after the Court of Final Appeal affirmed, in the case concerning the publication "Guardians of the Sheep Village", the use of stricter legal thresholds in the NSL (presumption against bail) to non-NSL offences including Crimes Ord s.10.

[Senia Ng @NgSenia]

1/ Arresting 6 senior executives of @StandNewsHK for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications" under s.10 of the Crimes Ordinance, the authorities are working together once again to crack down on freedom of expression in #HongKong.

[Aaron Mc Nicholas @aaronMCN]

Stand News reports that police officers from the national security department arrived at the home of its news editor, Ronson Chan, in the early hours of the morning, saying they are investigating a case of conspiracy to distribute seditious publications.

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

New Zealand declines to call China’s Uyghur treatment genocide

https://t.co/CsxcQ9W8rg #China #NewZealand #Xinjiang

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻 WHOA. Congrats to everyone who campaigned so hard for this.

[Samuel Chu 朱牧民 @samuelmchu]

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we @hkdc_us reaffirm the importance of verified/reliable news & the need for governments to respect press freedom. We stand with the brave journalists around the world, especially those killed, arrested, persecuted for simply doing their jobs.

[蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen @iingwen]

Today, on #WorldPressFreedomDay, we reaffirm our commitment to independent journalism. #Taiwan will keep striving for a more open & vigorous media environment to ensure that reliable information remains available to all.