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Chinese media doesn't hold the powerful accountable, rather ensures their
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Since its revolutionary days, China's ruling Communist Party (CCP) has viewed military and propaganda -- or "the barrel of the gun and the shaft of the pen" as described by former Chairman Mao Zedong -- as the two most important tools for its ascent to and hold o
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Free Taiwan will continue to support freedom in Hong Kong, says President
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 25 (ANI): Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday expressed regret over the closure of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong and said a free Taiwan will continue to support freedom for Hong Kong.
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Sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong, world: Biden on Apple Daily's shut
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): When Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily closed its doors after 26 years due to government crackdown, US President Joe Biden on Thursday termed it as a sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world.
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People throng overnight to buy last edition of Hong Kong's pro-democracy n
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI): Scores of Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy a copy of Hong Kong's Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper's last-ever edition which is to be closed its final chapter on Thursday.
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Reporters Without Borders condemns closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily due
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a France-based non-profit aimed at safeguarding the right to freedom of information, on Wednesday condemned the closure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, following an intense crackdown by the government.
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Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper to print its last edition on Thursday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): Hong Kong's Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper on Wednesday announced that it is shutting its operations earlier than expected and will stop publishing online from midnight.
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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said it will honour Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned founder of Hong Kong's Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.
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Hong Kong's Apple Daily may halt publication on Saturday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily could stop publishing on Saturday if the city authorities continue to keep its assets frozen after arresting five executives under the draconian National Security Law.
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Apple Daily crackdown "sent shudders across media industry", says Hong Kon
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): After 500 police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors, a Hong-Kong based reporter on Sunday said that the incident has "sent shudders" throughout the media industry.
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Hong Kong's Apply Daily senior executives remanded in custody after arrest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 19 (ANI): Two senior executives of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, who have been charged with colluding with foreign forces, were remanded in custody after they were deemed as a threat to national security.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy daily prints 500,000 copies despite raid, arrest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 18 (ANI): Despite a massive raid on the pro-democracy Apple Daily, the Hong Kong tabloid, continued its operations and printed 500,000 copies of Friday's paper while warning the readers that the city's "press freedom is now hanging by a thread".
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China 'targeting dissenting voices' in Hong Kong: UK Foreign Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 17 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday accused China of targeting dissenting voices in Hong Kong after the authorities of the semi-autonomous region arrested the chief editor and four directors of a pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper under draconian securi
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