Tag: Press Freedom
Jimmy Lai’s Sentencing Is Designed to End Hong Kong’s Press Freedom—for Good
Hong Kong courts are scheduled to sentence Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of Apple Daily and a British...
An Award-Winning Open Letter to Journalists Still in China
By Li Bai’an Dear colleagues, I know you are watching all of this. Some of you work at People...
Lai Ching-te Condemns CCP Conviction of Jimmy Lai, Warns of Global Impact
The conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s Next Digital (Apple Daily) media group, under the...
Jimmy Lai Convicted as Hong Kong Democratic Party Disbands
On Dec. 15, 2025, Hong Kong’s High Court delivered its verdict in the landmark national security case...
Jimmy Lai Convicted in Landmark Hong Kong National Security Case
By Jin Yan On Dec.15, 2025, the Hong Kong High Court delivered its verdict in the case against Next...
‘We are RFA’: Radio Free Asia Journalists Express Dismay and Hope as Platform Ceases Operations
Radio Free Asia (RFA) was founded almost three decades ago to spread awareness of developments and issues...
Inside the Decline of Legacy Media: Ideology, Influence, and the CCP Factor
Commentary by Huang Qing Why are century-old legacy media outlets like the BBC and The New York Times...
Chinese State-linked Newspaper Brands Hong Kong Journalist Association as ‘Anti-China,’ Calls for Its
A newspaper backed by the Chinese regime has called on a prominent journalists' association in Hong Kong...
After Stand News Arrests, Another Hong Kong Media Outlet Closes Under Chinese Regime Pressure
Following the arrests of seven staff members from pro-democracy outlet Stand News, independent Hong Kong...
Blinken Urges Beijing to Release Journalists Detained in Hong Kong’s Stand News Police Raid
Stand News, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet was shut down on Dec. 29 after its office was raided...
‘The Great Leap Backwards’: New Report Slams the State of Journalism in China
A new report, published on Dec. 7 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) titled, “The Great Leap Backwards...