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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2020-07-07 12:03
Last update date: 2020-07-07 12:03The Hong Kong Journalists Association today (7th) published this year’s annual report on freedom of speech “Freedom in Dangerous City”, which said that since the anti-revision movement last year, there were frontline police officers targeting reporters who interviewed on the spot; and the implementation of the National Security Law has brought challenges to media organizations. Worrying about self-censorship when dealing with reports, he described the freedom of the press as "a crisis of survival" and the space for speech shrank.
The Association made six appeals in its annual report, including revoking the "National Security Law" and stopping the promotion of unified arrangements for issuing press cards.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association today (7th) published this year's annual report on freedom of speech "Freedom under Dangerous City". (Photo by Zhang Jiamin)
The chairman of the Association of Journalists, Yang Jianxing, said that Hong Kong had suffered three impacts from anti-amendment incidents, pneumonia epidemics and the implementation of the National Security Law in the past year. Last year’s anti-fixing movement, front-line police officers used violence and targeted reporters who interviewed the scene, including strong light exposure, pepper spray on the face, etc., and the police commissioner Deng Bingqiang refused when he met with many news organizations including the Association in May. Pledge to stop using violence against journalists.
The final version of the National Security Law is more stringent than expected, and has a chilling effect within a week. Some stores have removed the slogan. The media's self-censorship when handling reports is more serious than in the past.
The Association made six appeals, including revoking the “National Security Law”, stopping the promotion of unified arrangements for issuing press cards, not enacting legislation on 23 articles, conducting independent investigations for police officers obstructing interviews and using violence, and accelerating the preparation of "File Law" and "Freedom of Information Law", etc., and stop suppressing Hong Kong and Taiwan.
This year's annual report of the Journalist Association has four chapters, which discuss the threats of journalists, the relationship between the police and the media, and the relationship between the epidemic situation and press freedom.
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