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After pro-democracy media tycoon @JimmyLaiApple was arrested and #HKPolice raided @appledaily_hk, lots of #Hongkongers and financial analysts vow to support Jimmy and Apple Daily through buying the company's stock. Stock price of Next Digital skyrocketed 300%.
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Litmus test for #HK #PressFreedom
-JimmyLai & @appledaily_hk,most vocal pro-democracy media,targeted
-News heads of 2 credible media iCable/NowTV replaced
-New security unit to review journo's visa
-Issues/renewals of visa for Int'l media delayed
-Indie media barred fr reporting twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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[When reporting becomes Orwellian thoughtcrime]
1. @JimmyLaiApple's arrest and the raid of @appledaily_hk is a litmus test for the city's #pressfreedom, one of the cornerstones of whether #HK remains open, free and tolerant to critical views under #Beijing's authoritarian rule.
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2. Before that, #Beijing has already been toughening its curb on media, from setting up a new #nationalsecurity unit in Immigration Dept to screen foreign correspondents' visa application, replacing news heads of credible TV providers, to interrupting local media's news coverage.
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3. Using its sweeping powers under #NationalSecurityLaw, #China now extends its reach to #HK media by clamping down on critical voices on media, halting flow of information to international audiences and turning the city's media outlets into state-controlled propaganda apparatus.
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4. However, even when #Beijing attempts to rule the city with Orwellian thoughtcrimes, #Hongkongers will not surrender. Now it is not just our cause for democracy and liberty, but also a battle between truth and lies.
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I knew Wilson Li since we were still in high school. I wish @itvnews would stand in solidarity with him. twitter.com/ezracheungtoto…
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2/ Ten Hongkongers were arrested, with the city’s pro-democracy media tycoon @JimmyLaiApple under the national security law. My former colleague @chowtingagnes was also arrested for violating the new security law, even though she has quitted @demosisto.
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[Please pray for ten arrested freedom-loving Hongkonger]
1/ Soon after Beijing has disqualified pro-democracy runners and cancelled the legislative election, media newsrooms become China’s new target. Today, ne month after the law has been put in place...
facebook.com/joshuawongchif…
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3/ Also, she has stopped operating her Twitter account before the enactment of the law. Clearly, it proves that the law is retrospective. Today hundreds of police officers raided Apple Daily’s newsrooms, rifling through reporters’ desks and seizing those computers and files.
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6/ Today is also the first time that police imposed a new restrictive measure on reporters and blocked media coverage from the scenes, with international media outlets such as Reuters, AFP and AP barred from covering the raid.
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4/ While Apply Daily is one of the remaining critical voices in the city, Beijing’s move attempts to send a chilling warning to the city’s critical reporters. The arrest is just one of Beijing’s attack on our press freedom.
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5/ Before the national security law has been put in place, a new national security unit has already been set up in the immigration department to vet foreign correspondents’ visa applications and renewals.
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8/ Once the city’s free flow of information faces unprecedented political pressure, it is worrying that this international financial hub can no longer be open and free.
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7/ From now on, reporters can only cover the news with the police permission, which is clearly a deadly blow to press freedom. For a long time, HK has remained as the last bastion of press freedom on China’s soil, but today’s arrest preludes a new dark era of media censorship.
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9/ Worse still, it seems that the chance of bail is slim under the national security law, not to mention the high possibility of being extradited to China’s secret courts and black prisons. Today is a painful day for every freedom-loving Hongkonger in the city.
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10/ However, even though the darkest night has fallen upon us, with news coverage becoming the new Orwellian thoughtcrime, Hongkongers will not surrender. Now it is not just a fight for democracy and liberty, but also a battle between truth and lies.
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Psalm 23: A psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
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4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
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6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
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#FreeAgnes
Let’s trend it! twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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ウルトラマンダイナ
ありがとうございます twitter.com/takeshi_tsurun…
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[My Oped in @Independent] My former colleague @chowtingagnes has been arrested and so has @JimmyLaiApple.
Beijing is stepping up its attack on press freedom. It is the first time members of the press have been arrested under national security law.
independent.co.uk/voices/hong-ko…
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1/ Soon after Beijing disqualified pro-democracy political candidates, cancelled the city’s legislative election and planned to impose a rubber-stamp legislature, media newsrooms have become its new target.
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