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The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has been awarded to publisher #JimmyLai and the staff of the #AppleDaily newsroom in Hong Kong.
#FightForFreedom #FreeJimmyLai
wan-ifra.org/2021/12/golden…
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s Imprisoned Media Tycoon
The #AppleDaily founder has spent more than 300 days in jail this year, making him the highest-profile victim of China’s relentless campaign to bring #HongKong to heel.
#Bloomberg50
#StandWithHongKong
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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"These arrests are nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in #HongKong, coming just one day after #JimmyLai and six former #AppleDaily journalists received similar charges," said
@hk_watch CEO @benedictrogers
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Surreal moment: @chungchingkwong holding the final #AppleDaily for the first time in London.
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The Assault on Apple Daily: The demise of Jimmy Lai’s newspaper shows how far China will go to bring Hong Kong into line.
Deep dive into #AppleDaily🍎’s history, events that led to its closure and the effect it had on Hong Kong. One for the history books.
bloomberg.com/features/2022-…
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One year ago, #CCPChina🇨🇳 forcefully shut down Apple Daily, a newspaper that provided a voice for HongKongers.
The forced closure of #AppleDaily🍎 effectively marks the death of press freedom in #HongKong. twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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⚖️#FreeHKJournalists
On this day last year, #AppleDaily published its newspaper for the last time and ceased all operations immediately afterwards. A number of senior executives have been arrested and detained on political grounds and lost their freedom.
