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1. The documentary “Winter on Fire” has been a documentary Hong Kong protestors are watching. We understand how it feels to have a threatening neighbour and people’s will being suppressed by authoritarian power.
I'm hopelessly stuck in Kabul with my wife and child.
Like myself, hundreds of other journalists are also stuck here.
I have an 11—months old daughter.
Please pray for her safety.
#NationalSecurity Dept arrested 5 members of the general unions of #Hongkong speech therapists for seditious publications
Aka Picture book “The guardian of sheep village 羊村守護者”, “The cleaner of sheep village 羊村清道夫” and “12 bravery 羊村十二勇士”
Today RSF staged parallel “funeral protests” outside the Chinese embassies in Paris & Berlin following the closure of #AppleDaily, warning that without concrete action by democracies, the death of press freedom in #HongKong could follow.
Read more here 👉 https://t.co/5JEHE6iFPv
This is one of the most disgusting attacks on press freedom. Apple Daily is murdered by the Chinese Communist Party because it supports democratic movement.
HK pro-democracy paper Apple Daily announces closure https://t.co/3G8Kkie4l6
Wrote this about @appledaily_hk today. Where is the UK?
“The truth is that we are allowing these outrages to happen, issuing handwringing statements expressing “deep concern”, which amount to nothing.” https://t.co/CAMO7klAJQ
BREAKING: Apple Daily @appledaily_hk will cease operations on Friday if the Hong Kong Security Bureau does not unfreeze the frozen assets before the Friday deadline, an Apple Daily executive has told staff in a memo.
Breaking: @appledaily_hk is being raid searched again and 5 top executives including the editor in chief are arrested under the NSL.
Era of white terror.
BREAKING:
National Security branch of the #HongKong police arrested 5 executives of @appledaily_hk at 6:00am HKT again.
They are also storming Apple Daily's HQ at the moment, preparing to seize anything they want.
Photo:
Live streaming at the Apple Daily's HQ
1/2: We are concerned that the vagueness of the HK national security law means that the power of "searching and seizure of journalistic materials" can be abused to eliminate all pro-democracy journalism; yet another blow to HK's crumbling freedom of press.
https://t.co/6ihUU3lhJM