Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Drop in journalist killings in Pakistan masks decline in press freedom
- Acts of Intimidation:
- Acts of Intimidation:
- Acts of Intimidation:
- Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
- Thai authorities shut down foreign press club event on Myanmar
- CPJ produces safety kit for journalists
- First aid videos
- Physical safety: Natural disasters and extreme weather
Reporter Without Borders
- RSF backs Bangladeshi media protest against digital security law
- Vietnam: Second trial brings blogger’s total prison sentence to nine years
- UN asks Saudis to respond to RSF concern about Khashoggi
- In Malta, RSF urges PM Muscat to establish an immediate public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination
- Russia: Sochi blogger’s rights systematically violated during trial
- RSF requests more protection for journalists ahead of Afghan elections
- RSF and Fundamedios welcome US asylum ruling in favor of Cuban journalist Serafin Moran Santiago
- RSF calls on Madagascar to stop censoring media
Hong Kong Rejects FT Journalist’s Visa
NEW YORK October 5, 2018—The Hong Kong government has triggered a press freedom controversy by refusing to renew the work visa of a veteran Financial Times journalist after he moderated a discussion in August with pro-independence activist Andy Chan Ho-tin at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC).
The Financial Times responded with a statement: “The Hong Kong authorities have rejected an application to renew the work visa of Victor Mallet, Asia news editor at the Financial Times. This is the first time we have encountered this situation in Hong Kong. We have not been given a reason for the rejection.”
The UK government has also registered its concern through a Foreign and Commonwealth Office statement: “Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and its press freedoms are central to its way of life and must be fully respected.”
The Alliance of Hong Kong Media created a petition demanding an explanation from Hong Kong authorities as to why Mallet’s visa was not renewed, “Refusing a visa in this case, to a bona fide journalist working for one of the world’s leading newspapers, sets a terrible precedent for Hong Kong’s reputation as a place where the rule of law applies and where freedom of speech is protected by law…In the absence of any reasonable explanation, we call on the authorities to rescind their decision and allow Mr. Mallet to continue to work for the Financial Times in Hong Kong and serve as FCC First Vice President.”
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