World Press Freedom Day Meets the Decline of Journalism in Hong Kong

Committee News

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, which marked Jimmy Lai’s 853rd day of detention in Hong Kong, the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation lit up London’s Canary Wharf to spotlight jailed journalists around the world. The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation also partnered with politicians, activists, and journalists to create a video declaring that journalism is not a crime and urging the Hong Kong authorities to immediately release Mr Lai.

The National Review via the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation featured Jimmy Lai on World Press Freedom Day, writing about Mr Lai’s detention in Hong Kong for simply daring to publish the truth.

The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation attended Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index launch event. Hong Kong ranks 140th out of 180 countries for press freedom, largely due to the National Security Law reducing “