Hong Kong Journalists Found Guilty of Sedition by Trending News

if you care about press freedom but also value safety then this news will alarm you in a landmarked decision two former editors of Hong Kong's Stan news have been found guilty of sedition this is the first such conviction since Hong Kong's Handover to China in 1997 Chung pu Quinn and Patrick lamb were accused of publishing articles deemed seditious by authorities their conviction follows a police raid that forced Stan news to shut down international human rights groups are condemning this verdict calling it a direct attack on press Freedom this case underscores the growing fears about the erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong especially since the imposition of beijing's National Security Law in 2020 the law has been used to Target journalists activists and pro-democracy figures alike the conviction of Chung and Lam is a stark reminder of the tenuous state of Independent Media in Hong Kong stay informed stay engaged this is trending news