Category: Hong Kong Journalists Association

Chairman of Hong Kong Journalists Association Travels to UK While on Bail

October 1, 2022
Asia & PacificChinaHK Current AffairsHong KongHong Kong Journalists AssociationOxfordRonson Chan Ron-singWorld
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Although out of jail on bail, Ronson Chan Ron-sing, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, left Hong Kong for the UK via Bangkok, on the evening of Sept. 29 for a six-month fellowship at the University of Oxford. Before boarding the plane, he said that he was a Hong Kong reporter and would return…

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Chairman of Hong Kong Journalists Association Accused of ‘Obstructing Police Work,’ Due to Appear in Court

September 21, 2022
Asia & PacificChinaHK Current AffairsHong KongHong Kong Journalists AssociationRonson Chan Ron-singWorldWorld Press Freedom Index
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According to the 2022 World Press Freedom Index, released by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the international non-governmental organization, Hong Kong ranked at a record low. It had fallen the furthest of any country from 80th place in 2021 to 148th place in 2022. Ronson Chan Ron-sing, the chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association,…

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Hong Kong Press Freedom Worse Than 3rd World Countries; HKJA Chairman Chooses to Breathe Same Air as Hongkongers

June 23, 2022
ChinaHK Current AffairsHong KongHong Kong Journalists AssociationHong Kong Press CensorshipRonson Chan Long-sing
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On June 25, 2022, Hong Kong Journalists Association will count the votes for the 2022-2023 Executive Committee election and the motion to amend the Constitution. No one would have ever thought the same chairman, who said “he would not actively seek to be reelected” would throw himself into the ring again if no nomination was…

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Over 200 Hong Kong Police Raid Local News Room, Arrest 6, Including Singer Denise Ho

December 28, 2021
Apple DailyAsia & PacificChinaChinese RegimeHK Current AffairsHong KongHong Kong Journalists AssociationPress FreedomStand NewsWorld
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Over 200 police officers from Hong Kong’s National Security Department raided the offices of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Dec. 29, while arresting six current and former staff members. They were arrested for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications,” the Hong Kong government announced in a statement. The announcement did not name the six…

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After Filming Assault on Police, Hong Kong Reporter’s Travel Documents Held by Police

July 30, 2021
ChinaHK Current AffairsHong KongHong Kong Journalists AssociationHong Kong National Security Law
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The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) issued a statement on July 27, protesting the Hong Kong police searching the home of a reporter who had provided information about an assault, and seizing his computers, phones, and travel passes. At around 10 p.m. on July 1, a man by the name of Leung Kin-Fai stabbed a…

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