Hong Kong Journalists Association

Hong Kong’s press freedom index 2019 was the lowest ever since the Hong Kong Journalists Association began the survey in 2013. The sharp decline was attributed to law enforcement violence against journalists covering the widespread protests in the city over the past year.

United States citizens working as journalists at “The New York Times”, “The Wall Street Journal”, and “The Washington Post” were ordered by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to surrender their press credentials.

A colonial-era law has been revived in Hong Kong to ban the use of facial covering during protests.

Disinformation campaigns have targeted the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Journalists Association considers doxxing to be part of a concerted campaign to intimidate journalists and undermine reporting of the protests in the city.

The IFJ and HKJA, together with the undersigned organizations from all over the world, call on Hong Kong’s government to give stronger assurances that press freedom is protected in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Journalists Association has called for the Chief Executive to set up an independent committee to ascertain whether a top level order was the cause of wide-spread and violent abuses of the press by police. A complaint to the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) has also been filed by the union to demand an investigation into individual cases.

The Hong Kong Journalists Association urged the government to stop the police harassment of journalists covering the protests against the Fugitive Transfer Bill.