Journalists and freedom of expression
Bao Choy disse aos jornalistas que tinha sido demonstrada a "importância da liberdade de imprensa e de expressão constitucionalmente protegida na cidade".
Um tribunal de recurso de Hong Kong anulou uma condenação por enganar o governo imposta a uma jornalista premiada, no que foi visto como uma rara vitória para a liberdade de imprensa no território governado pela China.
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don't violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves.
‘Subversive’ Art Is a Crime in Hong Kong
The city boasts of its ‘world-class museums,’ but officials seized a sculpture without due process.
Hong Kong registered a slight improvement in media freedom rankings out this week, though experts underscore the environment remains restrictive for journalism.
In its annual World Press Freedom Index, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, ranked Hong Kong 140 out of 180 countries, where 1 indicates the best environment.
The ranking is an eight-place improvement of the region’s score from 2022, but RSF notes that Hong Kong is facing an “unprecedented setback” since the introduction of a national security law in 2020.
https://www.voanews.com/a/media-experts-reporting-in-hong-kong-becoming-impossible-/7081620.html
Hong Kong police have permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020.
Several dozen demonstrators on Sunday were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish processing project.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/26/hong-kongers-hold-first-protest-in-years-under-strict-rules
More than 30 scheduled screenings of a new Winnie the Pooh horror movie in Hong Kong and Macau were pulled two days before the official release of the film, Hong Kong media reported.
The Silencing of Hong Kong’s Analysts
Hong Kong Cancels Screening of Batman Film, Citing Violence
- Showing of Dark Knight called off after government concerns
- Film’s violence level ‘not appropriate’ for outdoor screening
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/hong-kong-cancels-screening-of-batman-film-shot-in-the-city?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Five speech therapists in Hong Kong were found guilty of a conspiracy to publish seditious children's books on Wednesday, in a case that rights defenders say marks a major blow to free speech amid a tightening of civil liberties in the Chinese territory.
Several Hong Kong community “confession pages” have disappeared from Facebook following Tuesday’s arrest of two administrators of the Civil Servant Secrets page on the social media platform.
They include pages for anonymous comments by students of six universities, employees of the Hospital Authority, which runs the city’s public healthcare facilities, and concerned parents.
The “secrets” pages allow members of a community to comment on various issues, complain or gossip anonymously. Their entries are collected via an online form, which anonymous page administrators then post on the public Facebook page.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3188821/no-more-secrets-hong-kong-facebook-pages-anonymous-rants
Rewritten Schoolbooks Say Hong Kong Was Never British Colony
- New materials will be used starting in September, SCMP reports
- City’s curriculum revamped as Beijing exerts greater control
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/rewritten-schoolbooks-state-hong-kong-was-never-a-british-colony#xj4y7vzkg
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Hong Kong’s police chief has warned people not to watch or download a film about the city’s 2019 anti-government protests if they are unsure about the potential legal risks posed by the Beijing-legislated national security law.
Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post in an interview on Monday that his officers had watched the documentary, Revolution of Our Times, when it first appeared on the American streaming platform Vimeo on June 1.
The title of the 2½-hour documentary uses part of the signature protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times”, a phrase which is considered a violation of the national security law that was implemented in June 2020.
Free media in Hong Kong has been almost completely dismantled by the government crackdown, clearing the market for an expanded pro-Beijing and state-owned media sector, a new report has said.
Video-sharing platform YouTube terminated a campaign channel of Hong Kong’s likely next chief executive, John Lee, in compliance with U.S. sanctions, his office was told Wednesday.
A veteran Hong Kong journalist has been arrested by national security police for allegedly conspiring to publish “seditious materials”, a police source and local media said, in the latest blow against press freedom.
Allan Au, a 54-year-old reporter and journalism lecturer, was arrested in a dawn raid on Monday by Hong Kong’s national security police unit, multiple local media outlets reported.
The government plans to have the legislation tabled and passed by the Legislative Council (LegCo), which now has no opposition camp, in the first six months of this year, claiming it is necessary to regulate "fake news."
Acting home affairs secretary Jack Chan told a meeting of the LegCo home affairs committee on Monday that more laws may be needed to combat fake news.
"Since the violent protests of 2019, we have seen here in Hong Kong how fake news can harm society," Chan told the committee. "Therefore, we need to use appropriate and effective methods to prevent its being released."
"While current legislation in Hong Kong is able to target certain types of sabotaging content or content put out with ulterior motives ... the coverage may not be comprehensive enough," he said.
The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern at the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities’ attacks on freedom of the press and their suppression of independent local media in Hong Kong.
Recent developments include the raid of Stand News offices, the arrests of its staff, and the subsequent self-closure of Citizen News, stemming from concern over the safety of its staff. Since the enactment of the National Security Law in June 2020, authorities have targeted and suppressed independent media in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This has eroded the protected rights and freedoms set out in the Basic Law and undermines China’s obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This has also caused the near-complete disappearance of local independent media outlets in Hong Kong. These ongoing actions further undermine confidence in Hong Kong’s international reputation through the suppression of human rights, freedom of speech and free flow and exchange of opinions and information.
https://hk.usconsulate.gov/n-2022020801/
In the past year, two of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy media outlets were toppled after enormous government pressure, a series of arrests and police raids on their newsrooms.
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said that she could not accept suggestions that press freedom in the city faced “extinction”, as independent media outlet Citizen News closed over safety fears, days after a police raid on another independent media outlet led to sedition charges against senior staff. “This morning I read news about, because of the closure of online medium, press freedom in Hong Kong faces extinction … I just cannot accept that sort of allegations,” Lam said at her weekly press conference on Tuesday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/4/hong-kong-leader-rejects-claims-of-press-freedom-extinction
The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News said it will be shutting down on Tuesday, citing the deteriorating media environment in the city and the need to protect its staff. Citizen News was the largest remaining independent news outlet in Hong Kong following the shuttering of Apple Daily in June and Stand News last Wednesday. The news outlet announced the decision on Facebook, saying it was made to protect the safety of everyone involved. "Unfortunately, the major changes in our society in the last two years, and the deteriorating media environment, have made it impossible for us to realize our mission without worries," it wrote. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/02/media/hong-kong-citizen-news-shuts-down-intl/index.html
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors and board members. The outlet issued a statement on Wednesday saying its website and social media are no longer being updated and will be taken down. It said acting Editor-in-Chief Patrick Lam had resigned and all employees had been dismissed. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/29/hong-kong-police-arrest-6-current-or-former-staff-of-online-media-outlet
Cantopop star and prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Denise Ho was arrested at her home on Wednesday morning by the city's national security police. She was one of six people arrested in an early morning operation, all linked to online media organization Stand News. Police later confirmed at a news conference that a seventh person had been arrested. They have been accused by police of "conspiracy to publish seditious material," a colonial-era crime. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/29/asia/denise-ho-wan-see-arrest-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html
One of the last public memorials in Hong Kong to those killed in the Tiananmen protests has been covered up. The calligraphy - painted on the pavement of a bridge - paid tribute to the pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in Beijing in 1989. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60180507
A famous statue at the University of Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square massacre was removed late on Wednesday.
The statue showed piled-up corpses to commemorate the hundreds - possibly thousands - of pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in 1989.
It was one of the few remaining public memorials in Hong Kong commemorating the incident.
Hong Kong has warned the Wall Street Journal that it may have broken electoral law by "scaremongering" in a recent editorial about the upcoming vote for the city's legislative council. On Monday, the US newspaper printed a letter from Hong Kong's Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Erick Tsang, under the headline "Hong Kong Issues a Threat to the WSJ." In it, Tsang took issue with the editorial, saying it contained "baseless assumptions," and was "not only incorrect but also scaremongering." In the editorial published on November 29, the Journal described the city's upcoming elections as a "sham," and that "boycotts and blank ballots are one of the last ways for Hong Kongers to express their political views."Tsang said that he was "shocked" by that claim. "Please be advised that inciting another person not to vote, or to cast an invalid vote, by activity in public during an election period is an offense," he wrote. "We reserve the right to take necessary action." https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/06/media/wall-street-journal-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html
The Disney Plus streaming service appears to have censored an episode of “The Simpsons” in Hong Kong, where the platform launched earlier this month. The episode concerns a visit by the fictional cartoon family to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Local media in Hong Kong report that the episode, the 12th in the 2005 16th season, cannot be accessed in the territory. It is available in other parts of the Asia, or from Hong Kong by use of a virtual private network that allows the user to change their IP address. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/-simpsons-episode-censored-hong-kong-disney-rcna6894
Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of an Australian correspondent from the Economist, the newspaper’s chief editor said, amid a crackdown on free speech and dissent in the city. Sue-lin Wong is one of several foreign journalists working in Hong Kong to be forced out in recent years. Press freedoms in the once-outspoken city have been reined in as China remoulds Hong Kong, following huge democracy protests in 2019 and Beijing’s imposition of a strict national security law last year. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/13/hong-kong-denies-visa-to-economist-journalist-in-latest-media-blow
Almost half of journalists considering leaving Hong Kong, citing decline in press freedom – survey.
56% admitted to self-censoring or avoiding reporting on sensitive topics to at least some degree; 84% believed working conditions have deteriorated. https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/05/almost-half-of-journalists-considering-leaving-hong-kong-citing-decline-in-press-freedom-survey/
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Hong Kong's legislature passed a new film censorship law on Wednesday to "safeguard national security", though critics say it will dampen creativity in its world famous movie industry and further reduce freedoms in the former British colony. The Hong Kong government said the film censorship law was aimed at content deemed to "endorse, support, glorify, encourage and incite activities that might endanger national security." The law empowers Hong Kong's chief secretary, the second-most powerful figure in the city's administration, to revoke a film's licence if it is "found to be contrary to national security interests." https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hong-kong-passes-film-censorship-law-safeguard-national-security-2021-10-27/ Kenny Ng, associate professor at the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University told Reuters the bill was “heavy-handed”. “Adding national security clauses to the bill is clear political censorship,” he said. Obvious targets of the law are the rush of protest documentaries released in the past 12 months. The documentaries show some of the protest movement’s most violent moments and follow individuals including some who were later arrested. Many were made by anonymous teams of likeminded people who met while filming on the frontlines of protests, and were inspired to tell a deeper story than international media. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/hong-kong-protests-filmmakers-decry-new-law-that-could-censor-a-moment-in-history
But one group, the Hong Kong Journalists Association, has refused to fold, even as Hong Kong’s security secretary repeatedly singles it out for public criticism. “We will try to fight to the last moment,” said Ronson Chan, the association’s chairman. “But honestly, it’s a gamble. How cruelly will the Beijing government treat us? We know the history of journalists in the People’s Republic of China.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/world/asia/hong-kong-civil-society.html Earlier this week, the State Department expressed concern over, quote, "the continued erosion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong. We note in particular the increase in politically motivated prosecutions targeting Hong Kong's teachers, lawyers and individual citizens," unquote. And among the most concerned about the law and among the most scrutinized by authorities are journalists.Joining us to explain and to explore, Mark Clifford, a veteran journalist in Hong Kong and a past editor-in-chief of The South China Morning Post. Mark Clifford, welcome. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/23/1048722998/journalists-under-threat-from-chinas-media-crackdown-are-leaving-hong-kong?t=1635149338056
A universidade mais antiga de Hong Kong ordenou a remoção de uma estátua comemorativa dos manifestantes mortos na repressão da Praça Tiananmen, na China, em 1989, de acordo com uma carta tornada pública na sexta-feira.
Na carta à Hong Kong Alliance, a associação que organiza as comemorações anuais de Tiananmen da cidade, a Universidade de Hong Kong (HKU) exigiu que o grupo "providencie imediatamente a remoção da escultura das instalações da universidade" até às 17 horas do dia 13 de outubro. "Se não retirar a escultura... será considerada abandonada", lê-se na carta. https://www.jn.pt/mundo/universidade-de-hong-kong-ordena-remocao-de-estatua-sobre-tiananmen-14202240.html
It also reminds staff members to act responsibly on social media to protect the station’s integrity and reputation and declare possible conflicts of interest.
Those who fail to comply may face disciplinary action. https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1612799-20210929.htm?fbclid=IwAR0bvrq5EqFdtlpX3ndw88Q_nRYmBmgUtDga0mpNeeSwl-roDjEOnC0DTU4
Uma das principais organizações pró-democracia de Hong Kong informou nesta quinta-feira (16/09) que está sendo obrigada a remover todas as suas postagens em redes sociais depois de receber ordens para apagar conteúdos em seu portal de internet, assim como em seus perfis no Facebook, Twitter e Youtube Ativistas da Aliança em Apoio aos Movimentos Democráticos Patrióticos na China, conhecida como HK Alliance, disseram ter recebido na última sexta-feira um aviso prévio de sete dias do comissariado de polícia de Hong Kong, ordenando a emoção do conteúdo. https://www.dw.com/pt-br/hong-kong-ordena-derrubada-de-sites-pr%C3%B3-democracia/a-59206857
Hong Kong’s national security police say five people arrested over the publication of a children’s picture book featuring sheep and wolves were trying to stir up hatred against the city’s government. Senior Superintendent Steve Li told a press conference on Thursday the books attempted to simplify “political issues not comprehensible by children” and to “beautify illegal behaviour.” The book disparaged “kind-hearted” sheep as well as the wolves, he said. https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/22/hong-kong-national-security-police-explain-why-childrens-picture-books-about-sheep-are-seditious/?fbclid=IwAR3kSN48_3PZjuWQnNa7joN-waXuKET_rIl_0zp1XDuABUqZgRiP6MVmwE8
"Em nenhuma circunstância é permitido apresentar Taiwan como um Estado soberano", continua o texto.
Com aumento do cerco, filósofo de Hong Kong deixa de escrever e visita alunos na prisão
Chow Po Chung incentivava alunos a se engajarem no debate público, mas hoje teme que isso custe a liberdade deles. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2021/07/com-aumento-do-cerco-filosofo-de-hong-kong-deixa-de-escrever-e-visita-alunos-na-prisao.shtml
As autoridades de Hong Kong prenderam, esta quinta-feira, cinco editores e executivos do jornal pró-democracia Apple Daily, onde se inclui o seu diretor. Esta é a segunda vez, em menos de um ano, que a redação do jornal é alvo de buscas por parte da polícia. O Governo local justificou a ação policial informando que existe uma "suspeita de infração" à lei de segurança nacional. https://pt.euronews.com/2021/06/17/policia-de-hong-kong-prende-dirigentes-do-apple-daily
Hong Kong. Saiu para as bancas a última edição do Apple Daily. https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/hong-kong-saiu-para-as-bancas-a-ultima-edicao-do-apple-daily_v1330192
Future sours for Hong Kong's brazen Apple Daily tabloid
Legisladores, especialistas e organizações em todo o mundo condenaram o ataque mais recente e brutal a uma repórter do Epoch Times em Hong Kong e expressaram apoio aos esforços do Epoch Times em dizer a verdade sobre os horrores do Partido Comunista Chinês (PCC) . Sarah Liang, repórter da edição de Hong Kong do Epoch Times, foi espancada na terça-feira à tarde por um homem não identificado com um taco de softball de alumínio. Acredita-se que o ataque tenha sido orquestrado pelo regime chinês em sua última tentativa de silenciar a cobertura jornalística da publicação. https://www.epochtimes.com.br/legisladores-especialistas-e-organizacoes-condenam-ataque-a-reporter-do-epoch-times-em-hong-kong/
Uma jornalista de Hong Kong foi condenada esta quinta-feira por aceder a dados oficiais para um documentário sobre agressões a manifestantes nos protestos pró-democracia de 2019, tendo o tribunal considerado que o fez fora do permitido na lei.
A repórter Bao Choy Yuk-ling, de 37 anos, produtora independente da estação pública de televisão RTHK, foi considerada culpada de duas acusações de declarações falsas para obter os dados do proprietário de um veículo, através da base de dados oficial do governo, tendo sido condenada a pagar multas de seis mil dólares de Hong Kong (642 euros).
Esta é a primeira vez que um tribunal de Hong Kong condena jornalistas pela cobertura dos protestos anti-governamentais sem precedentes que abalaram a antiga colónia britânica em 2019, suscitando receios sobre a liberdade de imprensa no território sob administração chinesa, face à repressão política de Pequim. https://www.jn.pt/mundo/jornalista-de-hong-kong-condenada-por-aceder-a-dados-oficiais-em-investigacao-sobre-protestos-13600258.html
O Departamento de Estado denunciou em 13 de abril o ataque por intrusos mascarados à gráfica da edição de Hong Kong do Epoch Times e está pedindo às autoridades da cidade que investiguem o incidente. “Condenamos o ataque à gráfica do Epoch Times e instamos as autoridades de Hong Kong a investigarem minuciosamente e levarem os perpetradores à justiça”, disse um porta-voz do Departamento de Estado.“Os Estados Unidos estão preocupados com o aumento dos esforços para silenciar a mídia independente e suprimir a liberdade de expressão, incluindo a segmentação por motivos políticos de jornalistas. Estamos empenhados em defender a liberdade de imprensa e um acesso mais livre e mais amplo a informações e ideias em todo o mundo. A liberdade de expressão, inclusive para membros da imprensa, é fundamental para a transparência ”, acrescentou o porta-voz. https://www.epochtimes.com.br/departamento-de-estado-dos-eua-denuncia-ataque-a-impressao-do-epoch-times-de-hong-kong/
O governo de Hong Kong, por meio de sua inação, estava “encorajando” o recente ataque violento à imprensa da edição do Epoch Times da cidade, disse o grupo de defesa da mídia Repórteres Sem Fronteiras (RSF) em um comunicado condenando o incidente. Por volta das 4h do dia 12 de abril, quatro homens armados invadiram o armazém de impressão da edição de Hong Kong. Eles destruíram equipamentos com marretas e espalharam detritos de construção em equipamentos antes de roubar um computador e fugiram em uma van branca. https://www.epochtimes.com.br/ataque-a-grafica-do-epoch-times-incentivado-pela-inacao-do-governo-de-hong-kong-diz-grupo-de-defesa-da-midia/
A cerimónia dos Óscares não será transmitida em Hong Kong pela primeira vez em mais de 50 anos, apesar de o território ter um candidato a Melhor Filme Estrangeiro e também uma curta-metragem sobre os protestos de 2019. Em comunicado, o canal de televisão TVB confirmou que não transmitirá a cerimónia este ano, ao contrário do que vinha fazendo desde 1969, uma decisão que assegurou ser "puramente comercial", mas que coincide com a censura promovida pelo Governo chinês contra a curta-metragem "Do Not Split", sobre os protestos pró-democracia que abalaram o território em 2019.
O filme, de 36 minutos, é candidato ao prémio de Melhor Documentário de Curta-metragem. Realizado e produzido por Anders Hammer, o documentário mostra a versão dos manifestantes sobre os protestos sem precedentes de 2019 na antiga colónia britânica, que levaram a confrontos violentos com a polícia e a milhares de detenções. No início deste mês, a China pediu aos meios de comunicação locais que limitem a cobertura da 93.º edição dos prémios norte-americanos de cinema, agendada para 25 de abril, para "evitar embaraços e a bem da correção política", segundo o jornal de Hong Kong Apple Daily.
"Better Days", de Derek Tsang, também está nomeado na categoria de Melhor Filme Estrangeiro, sendo a primeira vez que um realizador de Hong Kong é candidato a este prémio.
As news broke that China is pressuring Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to sell the South China Morning Post (SCMP), surprised employees pondered the future of Hong Kong’s main English-language daily.
When Hangzhou-based Alibaba bought the SCMP in 2015 for $266 million, it injected much-needed cash into the operations and pledged that the century-old newspaper would retain editorial independence. While the newspaper has come under steady criticism for a tilt toward Beijing under Alibaba, its journalists closely covered the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong while also publishing diverse opinions and coverage critical of China. https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/media-mas-scmp-joins-hong-kong-press-groups-facing-china-control.html
A move by Hong Kong’s public broadcaster to pull the plug on programming from Britain’s BBC following a ban by Chinese regulators has sparked alarm in the city as analysts warned of a shrinking space for press freedom. The decision by RTHK to stop broadcasting BBC’s World Service and News Weekly starting from 11pm Friday night also prompted concerns that private TV operators could be pressured to follow suit. At least one network, however, told the Post it would continue to offer BBC programming for now.
Um locutor de rádio de Hong Kong se tornou nesta segunda-feira a segunda pessoa acusada de sedição com base em uma lei da era colonial britânica que as autoridades começaram a usar para calar a dissidência. A polícia informou a Wan Yiu-sing, 52 anos, que ele é objeto de quatro acusações relacionadas com atos com "fins sediciosos", segundo um documento jurídico. Esta é a segunda vez que a lei é aplicada desde 1997, data da devolução a China da ex-colônia britânica. A polícia recorreu a um impressionante arsenal jurídico para perseguir os ativistas pró-democracia após as grandes manifestações, algumas violentas, que sacudiram o território em 2019. As acusações contra Wang são motivadas por seus programas de rádio, transmitidos no ano passado. De acordo com a polícia, nos programas o locutor tentou "suscitar ódio ou desprezo, ou avivar o descontentamento" em relação ao governo chinês e de Hong Kong e estimulou os cidadãos a "infringir" a lei.
A fake news law is not the answer to misinformation. Rather than passing legislation that will likely curb the media’s ability to do its job, the government should embrace and support the profession
No dia primeiro de dezembro, mais de uma dúzia de jornalistas pediram demissão da Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, importante emissora de TV por assinatura de Hong Kong, em protesto após a empresa demitir 40 funcionários do setor editorial, ato visto como repressão política. Entre os demitidos estão o chefe de redação da China e todo a equipe do premiado programa News Lancet. A emissora citou razões financeiras para as demissões, alegação rejeitada pela equipe de redação. Todo o departamento chinês, um total de 12 pessoas, pediu demissão em protesto, acompanhado pelos chefes dos departamentos de notícias internacionais e financeiras e do editor-chefe.
Em 10 de agosto, dia em que Jimmy Lai foi preso e o escritório do Apple Daily foi invadido por cerca de 200 policiais, ela ficou chocada. No entanto, de alguma forma ela antecipou isso, removendo todos os detalhes e anotações dos entrevistados do escritório e excluindo todos os registros de bate-papo de seu telefone celular em julho. Ela também excluiu uma página pública do Facebook, que foi criada em 31 de agosto de 2019, após um grande protesto contra extradição para China por toda a cidade. Ela usou a página para compartilhar vídeos que fez e algumas de suas anotações jornalísticas. Um de seus vídeos, mostrando policiais batendo em jovens manifestantes dentro de uma igreja em Sai Wan Ho, em 11 de novembro de 2019, atraiu 2 milhões de visualizações. Por meio da página, ela também recebeu muitos conselhos. Ao mesmo tempo, ela foi agredida e assediada on-line. https://pt.globalvoices.org/2020/11/15/relato-de-uma-reporter-de-hong-kong-sobre-censura-a-imprensa-apos-adocao-da-lei-de-seguranca-nacional/
A jornalista de Hong Kong Choy Yuk-ling foi detida nesta terça-feira (3), no âmbito do processo sobre um documentário investigativo que expõe a agressão a militantes pró-democracia por parte de indivíduos ligados ao governo – informou o grupo RTHK, para o qual a repórter trabalha. https://plataformamedia.com/2020/11/03/jornalista-detida-em-hong-kong-por-investigar-agressao-a-manifestantes/
Some of the world’s leading scholars on China have called for a united international front in defence of university freedoms, amid claims of an increased Chinese threat to academic inquiry since the passing of Hong Kong’s national security law. Individual universities will be picked off unless there is a common agreement to resist Chinese state interference in academic research and teaching on China, a group of 100 academics including scholars in the US, UK, Australia and Germany say. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/12/academics-warn-of-chilling-effect-of-hong-kong-security-law
Pastores censuram sermões e a ansiedade instala-se nas congregações de Hong Kong. ~
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Hong Kong police have controversially decided to limit access to press briefings and restricted areas to only journalists from news outlets recognised by the government, sparking concern and criticism from the city’s media groups. Under the changed guidelines in the Police General Orders, starting from Wednesday, the force will stop recognising press accreditation issued by local media groups or journalist associations, unless they are registered with the Information Services Department. Internationally recognised media outlets will not be affected. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3102527/who-qualifies-media-hong-kong-police-revising?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_today&utm_content=20200923&tpcc=enlz-scmp_today&MCUID=3d06933c40&MCCampaignID=74f2caad75&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=7
Os seis editores responsáveis pela maioria dos manuais utilizados na disciplina “Estudos Liberais” aceitaram submeter-se a um programa de revisão voluntário, efectuado pelas autoridades educativas locais, que resultou na supressão de conceitos democráticos como separação de poderes, noticiou ontem o diário em língua inglesa South China Morning Post. A disciplina cobre seis tópicos, incluindo Hong Kong, China contemporânea e globalização, participação política, o sistema jurídico da cidade e a identidade dos seus residentes. O jornal estatal chinês Global Times aplaudiu ontem as mudanças, destacando que sublinham que “os manifestantes serão responsabilizados se abusarem da lei” e defendendo que “reforçam a identidade dos estudantes” como sendo “de Hong Kong e chineses”. https://hojemacau.com.mo/2020/08/20/hong-kong-editores-de-livros-escolares-apagam-conteudos-dos-manuais/
A key organiser of primary elections for Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp said on Wednesday he was stepping down after Beijing said the vote may violate the new national security law and could amount to subversion. Former democracy lawmaker Au Nok-hin helped organise the weekend poll that saw more than 610,000 people vote in what was widely seen as a symbolic protest against the sweeping legislation imposed on the city by Beijing. "Withdrawal is the only choice (I have, to) ... protect myself and others," Au said in a Facebook post. https://kfgo.com/2020/07/14/organiser-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-primaries-steps-down-amid-beijing-pressure/
national security law Beijing is preparing for the city, in a poll which recorded their fears over personal safety and self-censorship in the industry. Some 98 per cent of the 150 respondents said they were against the legislation, with an overwhelming majority also registering concerns over its potential impact on press freedom and their own welfare. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3089563/national-security-law-hong-kong-journalists-association
At independent bookstores, sellers said they were busy restocking political titles as customers began panic-buying books, just as they had done for rice and masks during the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. Five of the top 10 bestsellers were sold out at Hong Kong Reader. Many of the titles were about Hong Kong’s protests, including a compilation of letters written from jail by Chan Kin-man, a leader of the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement.“Our role becomes more important as censorship tightens at mainstream bookstores,” said Amy Lam, an employee at Mount Zero Books. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-10/this-is-a-cultural-purge-with-new-security-law-even-blank-paper-is-subversive-in-hong-kong
O Governo de Hong Kong pediu às escolas na segunda-feira que "examinassem o material didático, incluindo os livros" e que "os retirassem" no caso de "conteúdos desatualizados ou provavelmente semelhantes aos quatro tipos delitos" definidos pela lei de segurança nacional. A diretiva enviada às escolas foi anunciada dois dias após as bibliotecas terem também sido avisadas para retirar das prateleiras obras suscetíveis de violar a lei da segurança nacional. Nas bibliotecas públicas do território foram retirados livros de figuras pró-democracia, incluindo da autoria de Joshua Wong e da política Tanya Chan. A autoridade que dirige as bibliotecas disse estar a rever os livros à luz da nova legislação. https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1524574/retirar-livros-das-escolas-de-hong-kong-e-ato-orwelliano-da-china
Writing on his official blog on Sunday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said the public’s fundamental rights would not be affected by the new law, including a free press, the right to assemble and freedom to criticise the government or officials. “To those law-aiding people and journalists, when they are exercising these rights, as long as they don’t run afoul of the law … to endanger state security, they don’t need to worry,” he said He emphasised that people’s rights and freedoms protected under international covenants would continue to be covered by the national security law.
“I need to stress that this [law] will not affect people’s proper exercise of the freedom of speech, including criticisms of governance or officials,” he said, adding that over the next week he would meet every consulate and foreign chamber in Hong Kong to ensure they had a correct understanding of the new lawhttps://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3091875/national-security-law-hongkongers-can-still-criticise
Vários livros publicados por activistas de Hong Kong, como Joshua Wong ou Tanya Chan, foram retirados dos catálogos das bibliotecas de Hong Kong, poucos dias depois de entrar em vigor a Lei de Segurança Nacional aprovada por Pequim para a região administrativa.Numa pesquisa na base de dados da rede de bibliotecas públicas de Hong Kong, vários livros aparecem “sob revisão”. Foi o próprio Joshua Wong, uma das figuras do movimento de desobediência civil em 2014 e um dos mais conhecidos activistas pró-democracia, que denunciou o desaparecimento dos seus livros.“Menos de uma semana após a implementação da Lei de Segurança Nacional, as bibliotecas públicas de Hong Kong começaram a colocar os livros em revisão e a suspender os empréstimos”, escreveu Wong no Twitter, mostrando uma imagem da pesquisa no site rede de bibliotecas da região. PUBLICO
- Jailed journalists: Since mass protests over a proposed extradition bill broke out last summer, violence against journalists has increased in Hong Kong, occasional arrests have occurred, and Jimmy Lai, a media owner who is critical of Beijing, has been prosecuted for participating in demonstrations. Still, so far no journalists have been convicted for their work or appeared on the Committee to Protect Journalists’ global tally of jailed reporters, which China leads with 48 journalists behind bars.
- Penalties for critical news outlets: The public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), founded in 1928, is editorially independent according to its charter and is a widely respected source of news and diverse viewpoints in the territory. But its autonomy is already being threatened. In late May, days before the security legislation was announced, RTHK canceled the popular satirical and current-events show Headliner under suspected direct or indirect pressure from the government. The station is currently undergoing an unprecedented review of its management and activities.On June 10, a government-appointed advisor urged the network to report on the national security legislation “positively” to enable citizens to form a “correct understanding” of it. Watch for whether RTHK is either slowly or abruptly transformed into a government mouthpiece, and whether the new legislation enables fines or suspensions of privately owned media outlets for their coverage of sensitive topics such as Hong Kong’s autonomy, calls for universal suffrage, the ongoing protests, or the national security law itself.
- Retroactive charges: As news of the forthcoming legislation broke, many Hong Kongers moved to purchase virtual private networks in order to circumvent any future website blocking and protect the privacy of their digital communications. Others began closing social media accounts on services such as Telegram, which has been used to organize protests, because they feared their posts could be used to charge them with separatism or subversion under the new law. Watch for whether anyone is charged for speech or actions that predated the legislation’s enactment.
- Declining digital freedom: I. Charles Mok, a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council who represents the technology sector, told Freedom House that under the new national security law, “internet service providers, telecommunication operators, those who manage social networks and online platforms, and potentially those operating the numerous data centers in Hong Kong” could face greater liability for user content, meaning they would be obliged to censor their platforms. They may also be required to hand over user data to authorities.Indeed, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has expressed concern about the law’s effects on his company’s ability to provide services in Hong Kong, including through its WhatsApp encrypted messaging application. Mok noted that after the nearby semiautonomous territory of Macao introduced its own national security law in 2009, a separate cybersecurity law followed, imposing real-name registration for SIM cards and other mainland-style controls.
- Restrictions on artistic and academic expression: Hong Kong is home to a thriving and politically outspoken arts community. Statues depicting heroic protesters and murals mocking Carrie Lam and Chinese President Xi Jinping regularly pop up on buildings, in cafes, and at other venues. Such forms of expression are suppressed on the mainland, and Hong Kong artists are now wondering whether their work will be prosecuted as “separatism” or “subversion.” More than 1,500 members of the city’s arts scene signed a petition to one of Hong Kong’s representatives in the National People’s Congress that eloquently voiced these fears. Even prior to the law, some cultural venues have been reluctant to display anti-government art for fear of negative economic repercussions from China. Academic freedom in Hong Kong has already deteriorated somewhat in recent years, and Hong Kong scholars have also raised concerns that Beijing will use the new law to further rein in the city’s universities and undermine their strong international reputation. Mainland academics such as Ilham Tohti have received heavy prison sentences and other penalties for work that is deemed contrary to Beijing’s political priorities. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/24/freedom-disappearing-hong-kong-china-national-security-law/
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