On July 7, The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) released the 2022 Press Freedom Index, showing that the public and journalists’ ratings of Hong Kong press freedom hit a new low. The public’s rating stood at 41.4 out of 100. At the same time, journalists gave it a mere 25.7 out of 100, with over 90…

On July 7, The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) released the 2022 Press Freedom Index, showing that the public and journalists’ ratings of Hong Kong press freedom hit a new low. The public’s rating stood at 41.4 out of 100. At the same time, journalists gave it a mere 25.7 out of 100, with over 90…

On June 14, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford released its Digital News Report 2023. The report pointed out that after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL), Hong Kong’s press freedom continued to be eroded, and the ranking of press freedom dropped significantly. The…

Press freedom in China reached a record low during the pandemic, according to a new survey. China’s dismal status when it comes to freedom to report raises concerns about citizen journalists who are in the cross hairs of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In its 2023 World Press Freedom Index, released on May 3, Reporters…

China joined other communist states—Vietnam and North Korea—at the very bottom of the latest Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, which was World Press Freedom Day. China ranked in 179th place on this year’s index of 180 countries and regions, one spot above North Korea and one place lower than…

Democracy in Australia is under pressure, according to media advocates, who are urging the Australian government to implement a backlog of reforms to laws around national security, freedom of information, and defamation so journalists in Australia can do their job. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) is calling on the Albanese government to instigate reforms to ensure that…

April 5 is the 55th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Journalist Association. However, what was meant to be celebratory, is no more but dread and defeat. Ronson Chan, a former reporter of now-defunct Stand News, became a household name during the 2019 Hong Kong Protests among freedom-seeking Hongkongers and the democracy camp (Yellow Camp). Chan…

On March 24, Hong Kong English-language online media “Hong Kong Free Press” (HKFP) reported that one of its court reporters was followed by two suspicious persons. The Hong Kong Journalists Association HKJA) issued a statement saying that many court reporters were followed or monitored by unknown persons, and some reporters suspected that the stalkers were…

On Feb. 14, 2023, The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights held a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to review a report sent by Beijing which gave an account of Hong Kong and Macau. Hong Kong Watch, a British non-governmental organization advocating for the human rights situation in Hong Kong, submitted its report…

A Philippine court on Wednesday cleared a Nobel Prize-winning journalist and her news site of tax-evasion charges filed by the former Duterte government in 2018, a verdict that rights group hailed as “a victory” for the Philippine media. The court acquitted Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corp. (RHC) as prosecutors failed to prove “beyond reasonable…