Statements & Press Releases
The Dispatch Opinion: The Closure of Apple Daily Is a Warning Shot to Businesses in Hong Kong6/27/2021
Written by CFHK President, Ellen Bork.
"The contest between free and repressive regimes is the defining issue of our times. It has spread to Hong Kong. Businesses there cannot avoid the implications, however much they wish they could." Apple Daily imparts one last item of information, making the news instead of reporting it. Its death at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party is a warning of what can happen to any company in Hong Kong.
The Assault on Apple Daily, the G7 & June 4, and the National Security Law's impact on business.6/18/2021
Statement on Hong Kong Police Raid and Arrests Targeting Pro-democracy Newspaper Apple Daily6/17/2021
The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong calls on the G7 to take concrete steps against Chinese repression in Hong Kong
The Dispatch Opinion: It’s Time for Democracies to Push Back Against China’s Authoritarianism6/8/2021
 Written by CFHK President, Ellen Bork:
The contest between free and repressive regimes is the struggle of our times, and there will be many more battles. On June 4, 2005, the 16th anniversary of the 1989 massacre of democracy protesters by China’s People’s Liberation Army troops, the filmmaker Liu Wei walked up to people in Beijing and asked what day it was. He captured their uncomfortable responses in a 13-minute documentary. “I know, but I don’t want to talk about it.” “I don’t know much about it.” “Don’t record this.” Hong Kong Authorities Ban Vigil Honoring Victims of 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Escalating Crackdown on Democracy Movement For three decades, Hong Kong was the only place under Chinese rule where the victims of the June 4, 1989, massacre of democracy protesters by People’s Liberation Army troops in and around Tiananmen Square could be publicly mourned.
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