Benedict Richard Victor Rogers, a British human rights activist and co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch group, said in an interview with the Epoch Times on Nov. 23, that Hong Kong’s press freedom has been devastated and utterly destroyed.
Rogers expressed his concerns about the upcoming trial of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Media and Apple Daily, and six former senior employees of Apple Daily who were accused of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security. The six have remained in custody for more than a year. They plead guilty in the High Court a few days ago. In addition, Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked Jimmy Lai when he tried four times to hire King’s Counsel Timothy Owen from the UK to represent him in Hong Kong….