PEN American Center, the US branch of an international literary and human rights organisation, has released a report on the freedom of press in Hong Kong, entitled “Threatened Harbour: Encroachments on Press Freedom in Hong Kong”.
In short, the freedom of the press in Hong Kong is in trouble.
Journalists have been physically assaulted, including our very own cameraman during the Umbrella Movement protests, as the report mentions.
The government’s been prosecuting people for what they say online, newspapers are self-censoring, and media outlets have been allegedly boycotted by advertisers because of their political views.
The Center joins a long line of institutions decrying the loss of press freedom in the city.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association called 2014 the “darkest year in several decades” for press freedom.
The Overseas Press Club of America also said last year that the mainland Chinese pressure on both international and local media is at its worst since 1989.
