US EditionA Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
- A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a landmark sedition case affecting media freedoms.
- Chung and Lam face up to two years in prison and fines under a colonial-era sedition law.
- Prosecutors claimed some articles promoted “illegal ideologies” and criticized the security law.
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China convicts journalists over ‘illegal ideologies’ in landmark Hong Kong case
A Hong Kong court convicted two journalists of sedition Thursday based on their coverage of the Chinese pro-democracy movement, sparking international condemnation, The Associated Press reported. Former top editors of Stand News Chung Pui-keun and Patrick Lam will face up to two years in prison over stories they published between 2020 and 2021 that were written by pro-democracy activists and journalists, the AP reported. Global observers widely …
Hong Kong’s Conviction of 2 Journalists Is ‘A Direct Attack on Media Freedom’: US State Dept.
The Hong Kong government is facing international criticism for curtailing the city’s press freedom after two former editors of a shuttered local news outlet were found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles. Stand News’ former editor-in-chief, Chung Pui-kuen, and former acting editor-in-chief, Patrick Lam, were convicted on Aug. 29, marking the first sedition case against journalists in Hong Kong since the city’s handover from Britai…
A Hong Kong court has found two editors of Stand News guilty of sedition, a case that highlights the repression that…
Two Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition after a 2-year trial
The court finds 11 interviews and commentaries on now-defunct Stand News seditious Originally published on Global VoicesStand News editors Patrick Lam (left) and Chung Pui-kuen outside District Court on November 15, 2023. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Used with permission. This report summarizes two reports (1 & 2) written by Han Tse and published in Hong Kong Free Press on August 29, 2024. It is published as part of a content partnership agreement…
Hong Kong.- A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a now-shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a case of sedition that many consider a barometer for the future of press freedom in a city once hailed as a bastion of the free press in Asia. Chung Pui-kuen, former editorial director of Stand News, and former acting editorial director Patrick Lam were arrested in December 2021. They had pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to pu…
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