Taiwan reporting the key issue for Hong Kong media
(ARTICLE 19/HKJA/IFEX) – The following is a 2 July 2000 joint ARTICLE 19 / HKJA press release: TAIWAN REPORTING THE KEY ISSUE FOR HK MEDIA HONG KONG, JULY 2, 2000: Media coverage of Taiwan has this year become the key test of media freedom in Hong Kong, according to a report of the Hong Kong […]
Attempt to intimidate Hong Kong press denounced
The following is a 20 April 2000 SPJ press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2000 AMERICANS DENOUNCE ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE HONG KONG PRESS GREENCASTLE, Ind. — The Society of Professional Journalists is urging China’s leaders to respect and reaffirm guarantees of press freedom that China made before Hong Kong reverted to Beijing’s rule in […]
CPJ condemns Chinese official’s threat to media freedom in Hong Kong
CPJ is deeply disturbed by the 12 April 2000 statements of a senior Chinese official, warning Hong Kong media that they are not free to report independently on the contentious issue of Taiwan’s political status. “The Hong Kong media should not spread and advocate the ‘two states’ theory and the independence of Taiwan,” said Wang […]
Official’s remarks seen as damaging to press freedom in Hong Kong
The following is a 12 April 2000 HKJA statement on the remarks made by Wang Fengchao, deputy director of the Peoples? Republic of China (PRC) Central Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong: WANG’S REMARKS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING TO PRESS FREEDOM The Hong Kong Journalists Association is shocked and disturbed by comments made by the Deputy Director […]
Beijing gives directives to Hong Kong media
(RSF/IFEX) – In a 20 August 1999 letter to Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, RSF expressed its concern about a statement by the Chinese vice-premier about Hong Kong’s media reporting on Taiwanese diplomacy. RSF said it “considers that Hong Kong’s media are free to report on all issues, even on the Taiwan-China relationship, as Beijing […]
CPJ protests harassment of Hong Kong journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over reports that police in Beijing briefly detained 11 Hong Kong-based journalists on Monday 14 June 1999, as they were covering a visit by delegates from the territory’s Federation of Students. The journalists had accompanied the students to Beijing, where the delegation had intended to present a petition before […]
Hong Kong journalists detained
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is concerned over reports that police in Shantou briefly detained twenty Hong Kong journalists who were attempting to cover an ongoing murder trial. The twenty reporters and photographers were among a large group of journalists from Hong Kong who were in Shantou to cover the trial of Li Yuhui on Monday. Li’s […]
Hong Kong media organisations jointly condemn attack on radio journalist Albert Cheng
(HKJA/IFEX) – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Federation of Journalists, Hong Kong Journalists Association, Hong Kong News Executives’ Association and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association strongly condemn the brutal attack on radio program host Albert Cheng. **See IFEX alerts of 20 August 1998** After Mr. Cheng was attacked in the carpark […]
Joint statement supports HKJA in calling for press freedom in Hong Kong and China
(CCPJ/IFEX) – The following is a statement signed by press freedom, human rights and journalists’ organizations worldwide in support of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), which will call for press freedom in Hong Kong and China on World Press Freedom Day. The statement is to be released by HKJA locally on 3 May 1998 […]
Government attempts to “kill” survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association
(HKJA/IFEX) – The Special Autonomous Region (SAR) of Hong Kong government has issued a memo to all department heads in an attempt to “kill” a survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) concerning access to government information. The memo, dated 19 November 1997, was designated as RESTRICTED and written by principal assistant secretary John […]
Report on press freedom in Hong Kong is released by CPJ
(CPJ/IFEX) – Although on the surface little seems to have changed, the “climate of free expression in Hong Kong has shifted in subtle but distinct ways,” says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a report released on 24 September 1997 on press freedom in the former British colony. “In the vibrant Hong Kong press, […]
Report looks at “Freedom of Expression in Hong Kong: China’s Challenge”
With just under 365 days before the United Kingdom cedes sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and ARTICLE 19 assess the state of freedom of expression in the territory in a report published on 30 June 1996. For the first time since this collaborative effort […]