This grifting fuck is either dumb enough to be unaware of the privilege and power that a foreign correspondents body has compared to a local press union or is just actively engaging in disingenuous whataboutism just to run defence for a glorified restaurant and bar
Now do @HKJA_Official, since they’re the largest journalist union in Hong Kong. You can even make a chart on how many press releases they’ve put out on said topics recently!
I’ll wait…
#BREAKING: Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors—Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam—were found guilty of sedition.
This is the first sedition conviction against the media since Hong Kong came under Chinese rule in 1997.
More to follow.🧵
BREAKING: A Hong Kong court convicts two former editors of a shuttered news outlet, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. https://t.co/Np6opnKUqi
The latest #HKPORI poll shows that economic and livelihood issues have been prioritised since 1992, whilst political concern peaked at 41% in 2019 but is now 13%. Robert Chung noted public concern has returned to normal, but those in power have not.
'Samuel Bickett, the report's author, said global enforcement efforts have felt 'like a game of whack-a-mole.'
'The process of investigating and designating a company currently takes months and so far has typically focused on entities rather than individuals, which allows sanctions evaders to easily stay ahead of the game,' Bickett told Nikkei Asia. 'The U.S., EU and their allies have also largely avoided targeting these activities at their root -- the banks, logistics firms and corporate services agencies that make up the core infrastructure that allows these trading companies to thrive."'
New article by @pakwayne https://t.co/5eBdIjahyi
Bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs have been fired, and Israeli snipers deployed on rooftops in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, amid clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters, reports local media.
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/aeD78B1RYG
Student journalist Gary Wong’s life changed forever on 1 July 2019. It took four years for his “riot” case to be dropped, only when the trial started. Now, he’s applying for asylum in Canada. He just wants to restart his life, get a master’s, pet a cat.
https://t.co/tppRkrSkBR
#Breaking: Only 2 out of 16 defendants including Lawrence Lau and Lee Yu Shun are acquitted and free to leave the dock according to Judge. The other 14 are convicted of conspiracy to subversion under National Security Law. They will be remained custody for further procedures.
#BREAKING: Matthew Trickett, charged with aiding Hong Kong intelligence service linked to HKETO last week, founded unexplained death in Maidenhead on Sunday
JUST IN: @RadioFreeAsia officially announced the closure of its physical bureau in #HongKong which opened in 1996 citing safety concerns of its staff under the newly imposed #Article23 nat sec law. #RFA has no full-time personnel here now although it'll retain media registration.