sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
I hope we do not lose Hong Kong.
6000 Voices Join Call for Free Speech, Condemn Muzzling of Press
Hong Kong Journalists Association
23 February 2014
6000 people joined a rally and marched to the Chief Executive?s Office today to demand Leung Chun-ying keep to his election promise to defend press freedom. This follows rapid deterioration of one of Hong Kong's core values.
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Speaking at the rally, HKJA Chairperson, Ms Sham Yee-lan said the muzzling of the city's press is increasingly rampant. Liberal scholars are barred from appearing in some papers. Critical headlines are removed. Pictures of influentials are edited out for being too sensitive. "The trend is very clear, somebody wants to control the media, to punish disobedient journalists,? said Ms Sham.
more...
http://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1174&lang=en-US
6000 Voices Join Call for Free Speech, Condemn Muzzling of Press
Hong Kong Journalists Association
23 February 2014
6000 people joined a rally and marched to the Chief Executive?s Office today to demand Leung Chun-ying keep to his election promise to defend press freedom. This follows rapid deterioration of one of Hong Kong's core values.
snip
Speaking at the rally, HKJA Chairperson, Ms Sham Yee-lan said the muzzling of the city's press is increasingly rampant. Liberal scholars are barred from appearing in some papers. Critical headlines are removed. Pictures of influentials are edited out for being too sensitive. "The trend is very clear, somebody wants to control the media, to punish disobedient journalists,? said Ms Sham.
more...
http://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1174&lang=en-US