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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
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Official Twitter account of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong: an organisation & meeting place for the city's media, business and diplomatic community
- “The increasing danger facing journalists here is a threat to press freedom everywhere.” Read FCC President @jodifs’ op-ed - published today in the @latimes - on the city's deteriorating #pressfreedom since the start of the #HongKongProtests.
- The FCC is concerned that the #HongKong government is using the immigration department to act punitively against organisations and media representatives it does not agree with. Read our statement.
- “The media is simply trying to do its job, which it has a right to do under Hong Kong law.” Read FCC President @jodifs’ op-ed - published today in the @latimes - on the increasing threat to #pressfreedom since the start of the #HongKongProtests.
- @fcchk is firmly opposed to a restrictive new accreditation policy as detailed in a letter received today from @hkpoliceforce. Read our statement.
- Hong Kong freelance photojournalist, May James, who spoke earlier this month at the FCC about her experiences covering the #HongKongProtests, was arrested last night in the course of covering a protest in Mongkok. Read our statement. ow.ly/PfWV50wV3tG
- The recording of last night's webinar with Chris Patten on the future of #HongKong is available to watch here.
- As the #HongKongProtests continue, preserving #pressfreedom in Hong Kong is more important than ever. Read @jodifs @latimes op-ed on the challenges facing #journalists here.
- Today, the FCC delivered a letter to #HongKong Chief Executive Carrie Lam & Director of Immigration Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, seeking clear & definitive answers on the employment status in #HongKong of any #correspondents expelled from #China. Read it here.
- "The FCC is even more concerned by reports that they will be banned from working as journalists in Hong Kong." Read our statement. #pressfreedom #China #HongKong
- The FCC again asks the HKSAR government for specific answers over #PressFreedom in #HongKong that were not addressed in a response to our first letter.
- Today we delivered an open letter to #HongKong Chief Exec Carrie Lam seeking clarification of the potential impact of the pending #nationalsecuritylaw on the city’s media including foreign correspondents, and on the broader implications for #pressfreedom.
- The arrests, and the raid on the newsroom, are a direct assault on #HongKong’s #PressFreedom and signal a dark new phase in the erosion of the city’s global reputation. Read our statement. ow.ly/r4Rh50AV43t
