A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
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The editors had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications. They face up to two years in prison and a fine. They were given bail pending sentencing on Sept. 26.
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The former editor-in-chief of Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen, and fellow journalist Patrick Lam were both convicted of sedition in Hong Kong, according to recent reports.
Hong Kong used to be famous for its feisty and free press. Today, reporting the news there can land you in prison. Two journalists in the Chinese territory are now facing the possibility of jail time after being convicted of sedition for their work. Also, Thailand has a new prime minister.
The editors had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications. They face up to two years in prison and a fine. They were given bail pending sentencing on Sept. 26.
A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.
Two former editors were found guilty of publishing seditious articles, the first such convictions in decades in Hong Kong, a move likely to deepen press freedom concerns.
When sedition charges against Hong Kong news editors Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam were first read out in court, former employees of the now-shuttered
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court found two former news editors guilty on Thursday of publishing seditious content on a shuttered pro-democracy media site, a ruling rights groups said was a further blow to press freedoms in the city as Beijing tightens its grip.
A Hong Kong court has found two editors at the shuttered Stand News media outlet guilty of sedition. It is the first sedition conviction of journalists since the territory was handed back to China from Britain in 1997.
Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong were convicted of sedition Thursday, in a verdict that could have profound implications for press freedom in the Chinese territory.
A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of the shuttered Stand News outlet of sedition, highlighting the erosion of press freedom in the region.
A Hong Kong court convicted two editors from the now-closed Stand News of sedition, the first ruling against journalists since the 1997 handover to China. The case underscores the ongoing crackdown on press freedom.
A court in Hong Kong on Thursday found two local journalists from the shuttered Stand News guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials. That’s a first for Hong Kong since it came back under Chinese control.
