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Shockingly sad.
I’m the aftermath of #AppleDaily’s forced closure, the brilliant @StandNewsHK self censors in a bid for survival.
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A very beautiful scene tonight at the headquarters of Hong Kong’s #AppleDaily, the only pro-democracy newspaper in #HongKong that is forced to fold due to political pressure after 26 years
Photo by Kenny Huang
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Fixed it for you @DominicRaab #AppleDaily
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Hong Kongers lining up at 2am to buy the final #AppleDaily🍎 newspaper
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The final #AppleDaily🍎 has a record circulation of a million printed copies.
The front page about how Hong Kongers supported the newspaper up until the final moment. They reflect on the past 26 years, on significant historical headlines in HK, and say Good Bye to Hong Kongers.
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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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Short documentary of the last day at #AppleDaily🍎 as they printed a record 1,000,000 newspapers.
Hong Kongers gathered outside their headquarters to pay tribute to the 26-year old newspaper that have always sided with the people.
Source: Stand News (youtu.be/G30iliKl6rY)
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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.
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Mini-#AppleDaily🍎 final editions found their audience.
Source: 模型先生 Mr.MODELER (FB)
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB asks the German Federal Foreign Office what steps it has taken to address the "massive encroachment of press freedoms" in the forced shut down of #AppleDaily, Hong Kong's last remaining opposition newspaper.
Government response 👇
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Stand News reports that Man-chung Lam, former executive chief editor at #AppleDaily🍎, has been arrested by Hong Kong's National Security Police 🇨🇳 and charged with “colluding with foreign forces”.
警國安處拘前《蘋果日報》執總林文宗 指控串謀勾結境外勢力
thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B…
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EU Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a joint-resolution on #HK #AppleDaily calling for: emergency visas for journalists in #HK, expansion of #Erasmus places for HKers as part of a #Lifeboat scheme, extension of EU funding for HK media, & #sanctions. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Our co-founder and Chief Executive @benedictrogers talking on Euronews about the closure of #AppleDaily and the death of media freedom in #HongKong twitter.com/benedictrogers…
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Collection News《果靈·聞庫》is a community led project to archive historical #AppleDaily🍎 articles with images and videos, using a great web interface.
Example link to an article on Yuen Long mob attack from 2019.7.21, with original text, video, images.
collection.news/appledaily/art…
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Surreal moment: @chungchingkwong holding the final #AppleDaily for the first time in London.
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The last evening of #AppleDaily🍎
It is the worst of times, but it is also the best of times. Hong Kong is so beautiful that evening.
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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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Today 31 European Parliamentarians in a letter coordinated by @EnginEroglu_FW have written to Carrie Lam to condemn the closing of #AppleDaily and the arrest of journalists under then #NSL, describing it as 'an assault on the freedom of the press in HK'. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Apart from losing #AppleDaily🍎 newspaper, we're also losing some of the best YouTube channels in Hong Kong
Seems @AppleDaily_HK, their lifestyle section @AS_AppleDaily, and Next Magazine are uploading some of their remaining content to their YouTube channels before closing shop twitter.com/hkdemonow/stat…
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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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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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Make your own #AppleDaily🍎✊ twitter.com/badiucao/statu…
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"If Apple Daily still existed, would the front page look something like this?"
Some people handed out this #AppleDaily🍎 art print flyer, imagining what the front page might have looked like today on July 1st 2021, if Apple Daily were to exist.
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Thank you, #AppleDaily🍎
Photo: @StandNewsHK
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The spirit of resistance must live on.
#AppleDaily🍎 twitter.com/surrealhk_/sta…