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30 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
There are reasons why journalists from foreign media outlets are no longer able to just easily get sources in #HongKong to comment on anything political because any word that they said to foreign media outlets could be used as evidence to sentence them to life imprisonment.
The threat is real and there have already been examples of private exchanges between journalists and sources in #HongKong being used as evidence in court to deny bails in national security cases.
The law has no boundaries and the #HongKong government is also serious about enforcing the law as expansive as they can. It's not that we are not doing our job and being lazy to just want to quote someone in English-speaking countries. It is because no media outlet ...
... can guarantee that any word or sentence from your article won't be used as proof to put your source in jail.

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30 Jun
Latest for @dwnews: On the one-year anniversary of the #NSL, I talk to scholars and activists about the impact that the law on #HongKong. Following the closure of #AppleDaily and the promotion of former police, many say the city has become a police state.dw.com/en/hong-kong-n…
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A former #AppleDaily translator's reflection on the impact of the paper's forced closure: "I’m afraid because I’ve been an accomplice. Since May 2020, I have led a small team that translated Apple Daily’s editorials and opinions from Chinese to English..." wsj.com/articles/i-tra…
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30 Jun
An important piece from @tomgrundy at @hkfp, who uses the celebration of the independent outlet's six-year anniversary to remind us why #PressFreedom isn't dead yet in #HongKong, despite the challenges facing journalists and media outlets: hongkongfp.com/2021/06/29/pre…
"HKFP has long been raising the alarm over press freedom – in fact, we were founded in 2015 as a response to the declining situation. However, we disagree with reports and analysts claiming press freedom is now 'dead.'"
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30 Jun
In a new research brieing, @amnesty warned that the #NSL has decimated the city’s freedoms and created a landscape increasingly devoid of human rights protections. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
‘In the Name of National Security’ details how the law enacted on 30 June 2020 has given the authorities free rein to illegitimately criminalize dissent while stripping away the rights of those it targets.
“In one year, the National Security Law has put Hong Kong on a rapid path to becoming a police state and created a human rights emergency for the people living there,” said Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director.
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Latest for @IrishTimes: As #HongKong marks one year since the #NSL came into effect, I talked to activists who are still in the city and who have gone into exile about what has changed. One thing in common is the disappearing space to voice dissent: irishtimes.com/news/world/asi…
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Instead of appearing as a defendant, he announced on Facebook that he had gone into exile at an undisclosed location, fearing for his own safety.
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