The first journalist or editor to face sedition charges against them since Hong Kong’s transfer from Britain to China in 1997 was recently found guilty of rebellion by two editors. This comes as part of a years-long national security clampdown by authorities following widespread pro-democracy protests in 2019.
In its global media freedom index, Reporters Without Borders ( RSF ) placed Hong Kong at the top of the table in 2024.
Over the past several months, many qualified individuals have complained to the authorities and the protection commissioner’s office, according to HKJA.
Hong Kong Police, Office of the Private Commissioner for Personal Data, Wikimedia Foundation Trust &, Safety, and Meta, user of Facebook, did not immediately comment to Reuters requests for comment.
Without his eviction, Tom Grundy, the chairman and founder of Hong Kong Free Press, claimed that his tenant and native home agencies were sent anonymous letters with “wild claims and threatening’unimaginable consequences’ and’collateral damage'” in letters.
An Inmedia employee of the news blog received harassment messages involving private data, according to a statement released by Inmedia to Reuters.
HK Feature told Reuters in a statement that they were” shocked by the varying degrees of abuse of our editors and their friends.”
” We hope that the general public will support our work and take media seriously so that monitoring can be free from concern.”