HONG KONG: A Hong Kong news website said on Thursday (Aug 27) that authorities had rejected a visa for an Irish journalist working there without ...
FILE PHOTO: A Star Ferry boat crosses Victoria Harbour in front of a skyline of buildings during sunset, as a meeting on national security legislation takes place in Hong Kong, China on Jun 29, 2020. HONG KONG: A Hong Kong news website said on Thursday that authorities had rejected a visa for an Irish journalist working there without providing a reason, stoking concerns about media freedoms under Beijing's new national security law for the city.
The news website would press the government to offer reasons for the denial and would consider an appeal and legal challenge, he added. Media groups said the move reflected an acceleration in the decline of press freedoms under the security law which punishes what Beijing defines as subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in jail."Denial of a work visa to a thriving local news operation bashes the most basic promise of press freedom given repeatedly by the Hong Kong government," said Steven Butler, Asia Programme Coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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