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- Immigration department set up new unit to review visa applications of foreign journalists
- International media outlets have trouble getting visas for correspondents in HK
- Independent outlets denied access to reporting sites/interviews with police
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- public broadcaster @rthk_enews, which is now under a government probe, is also blocked from entering Apple Daily headquarters to report on the ongoing search.
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In #HongKong, artist Him Lo collected tear gas canisters fired by police at protests and created this art installation. Police later came and confiscated them. twitter.com/chehayebk/stat…
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There's now a media literacy discussion among Hong Kong protesters, who have given great attention to foreign media coverage of #HK and are now applying the same skillset to analyse coverage of Beirut explosion and questioning some journalism practice in the Anglosphere.
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On being pursued by #HongKong police for violating national security law, @nathanlawkc wrote “I don’t know what my crime is, perhaps it’s not important. Or perhaps the answer is because we love Hong Kong too much.”
He also declared that he has cut ties with his family.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam on why election has to be postponed: a lot of voters live in mainland China and are now unable to travel to HK. They are willing to come back for every election because they care about Hong Kong and some are now stuck. 🤔
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My hairdresser spotted an elderly sitting across from the street, eating in the staircase under the rain, and invited him in.
A friend placed chairs outside her studio and told construction workers to simply ring the bell if they want to come in for lunch.
HK, do what you can. twitter.com/sumlokkei/stat…
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#HongKong govt to ban dining in and make masks mandatory in outdoor public places. HongKongProtestArt: we are practicing photosynthesis twitter.com/Ima_HkSiuwaaga…
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Police’s latest strategy is to kettle and search reporters repeatedly, preventing them from doing their job and compelling them to leave the scene. I was stopped and searched for four times in less than an hour. Those without HKJA pass were kept for more questioning. twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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Being detained and checked for the fourth time tonight. I literally left the last search five minutes ago. One officer wielding a pepper spray insisted that we stand outside the cordon line (?!), contradicting other officers on the same team.
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Detained by police officers for the third time tonight. It’s clear by now whom the police are targeting tonight. Officers demanded reporters to stop filming or live broadcasting. “There are too many fake reporters among you guys,” said one officer.
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How #HongKong riot police officers kettle reporters and passers by on the streets. While some asked us to move back, others blocked us from leaving. After checking my press card and letting me ago, another officer asked me to go back and claimed I couldn’t prove I was checked.
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One woman, who is being stopped and searched, got emotional while debating with the officer. “Why are we not even allowed to commemorate the incident?”
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#HongKongProtesters are finding alternative ways to protest amid the crackdown. Latest form after holding blank paper: cosplay twitter.com/holmeschan_/st…
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It took the officers a good few minutes and many attempts to realise cordoning off an empty space in the middle of the mall’s lobby does not really work.
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Police officers patrolling the neighbourhood. The 721 attack at Yuen Long marked a turning point in the protest movement as most people saw their failure to respond to the attack and hold perpetrators accountable as collusion between the force and triads.
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And if you go down the escalator, you will find an army of riot police officers on the ground at the bus station.
Last year, two officers were filmed leaving the scene of the attack, while reinforcement arrived 38 minutes later.
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There’s no more than the usual traffic at Yuen Long Station, but MTR has implemented “crowd management measures” and closed off five exits, on the anniversary of 721, where a mob wielding sticks attacked passengers and press members indiscriminately.
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UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab: UK is suspending extradition treaty with #HongKong immediately and indefinitely. "We will not consider reactivating those arrangements unless and until there is clear, robust safeguard, which can prevent extradition treaties from being misused."
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At a boba shop in #HongKong: “support one country one system”, “long live chairman Mao” , “Mao once said a single spark can light a prairie fire”.
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People in #HongKong eat their dinners on the streets and in parks after the govt banned dining in at restaurants after 6pm.
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My social media feed is flooded with images of the evening sky in #HongKong tonight.
Credit: Suki Yuen/明週, 100毛, U Magazine
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com