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The Hong Kong government’s use of colonial era emergency regulations to prohibit face coverings in protests adds another hurdle for press freedom for…

The Global Times, a Chinese state-run media outlet published a report yesterday about a smear campaign against the IFJ’s Hong Kong affiliate, the Hong…

There is now clear evidence that hundreds of thousands of social media accounts are being used to spread disinformation about Hong Kong’s ongoing…

A website was recently found to have purported to post personal information of journalists in Hong Kong. The International Federation of Journalists…

The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), together with over 50 journalist unions and leading…

As protests broke out across Hong Kong again over the weekend, journalists and media workers were targeted and harassed. The International Federation…

Since June 2019, protests have taken over the streets of Hong Kong on a weekly basis. As journalists and media workers attempt to cover these…

Global Times’ journalist Fu Guohao was attacked during protests at Hong Kong International Airport on August 13. The International Federation…

As protests broke out on the streets of Hong Kong over the weekend, journalists were again the targets of police brutality. One journalist was…

Since the outbreak of large scale demonstrations in Hong Kong in June, the IFJ has logged a string of violations against the media. The International…

Hundreds of masked assailants dressed in white assaulted residents, protesters, journalists and a lawmaker in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, hours after an…

Police attacked journalists and denied their right to report during a police operation to disperse protesters taking part in a peaceful rally to the…

The Hong Kong government was accused of omitting sensitive questions in the official transcript of a press conference held after a major protest in…

Hong Kong journalists reporting a rally in support of Hong Kong police were attacked, insulted and kicked by government supporters on June 30. The…

Following a week of unrest and some of the largest demonstrations in Hong Kong’s history, Chief Executive (CE) of Hong Kong Carrie Lam announced on…

On June 9 over 1 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the proposed extradition law that was about to be debated in the…