Hong Kong Crackdown: Journalists Jailed for Reporting the Truth

Amnesty International’s China Director reacts to prison sentences for former Stand News editors in Hong Kong

Why were the former Stand News editors sentenced to jail?

  • The first journalists sentenced under colonial-era ‘sedition’ charges since before the 1997 handover
  • Imposing a chilling effect on media freedom in Hong Kong

What is Amnesty International urging the Hong Kong authorities to do?

  • Stop using ‘sedition’ and national security laws to suppress press freedom
  • Calling for the repeal of the journalists’ convictions

Background information on the case:

  • Former editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam sentenced to jail
  • Convicted of conspiring to publish seditious articles
  • Stand News ceased operations in December 2021
  • First trial for sedition of a media company and journalists since before 1997

This case highlights the ongoing challenges to press freedom in Hong Kong, with calls for greater protection of journalists’ rights.

Source: www.amnesty.org

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