Hong Kong Journalists Association

As political tension between Hong Kong and Beijing increases, the HKJA expects further deterioration in press freedom in the years to come. The organisation has established a Self-censorship Monitoring Committee to look into complaints by members of the press.

More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.

In the early hours of 14 June, a group of protestors were taken away by police after they unsuccessfully stormed the Legislative Council Building. Journalists, photographers and members of camera crews from Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), Hong Kong Television Broadcasting (TVB) and Cable Television were injured during the scuffle. Police also used pepper spray without warning.

To raise awareness of the need to safeguard press freedom in Hong Kong, the HKJA with the help of a group of consultants, designed a scientific research method to collect data to produce the first Hong Kong Press Freedom Index.

After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.

IFJ and the HKJA have condemned a brutal attack on recently-sacked “Ming Pao” chief editor Kevin Lau. The horrific attack comes amidst rising tensions in Hong Kong over ongoing threats to free speech and freedom of the press.

The IFJ and its affiliate, the HKJA, are deeply concerned that press freedom in Hong Kong has been jeopardised by the sacking of Li Wei-Ling, an outspoken radio talk-show host with Commercial Radio of Hong Kong.

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.