Western envoys slam erosion of media freedom in Hong Kong
Consuls general for the US, Canada, UK and Australia warn of the rising risks for journalists
Hong Kong — A group of Western envoys to Hong Kong has condemned the erosion of media freedoms in the Asian financial hub, a situation they say has been worsened by Beijing’s imposition of a “vaguely defined” national security law.
In a jointly written opinion piece in the South China Morning Post, the consuls general for the US, Canada, UK and Australia warned of the rising risks for journalists operating in Hong Kong. The city’s journalists have been working through an extended bout of political turmoil since large, sometimes-violent protests broke out in 2019, followed by China’s decision to bypass the local legislature and impose the controversial new security measures over the summer...
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