A leading Hong Kong media professional group says dozens of journalists, some of their family members and other associates have been harassed in recent months.
Surgeon general issues advisory declaring parental stress as significant public health concernSelina Cheng, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, announces her group's finding over harassment against the city's journalists at a news conference in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. journalists and some of their family members and associates have been harassed in recent months, a leading media professional group said Friday.
Many of the letters and emails threatened the recipients that if they continued to associate with the reporters in question or their family members, they could be endangering national security, the association said. “This type of intimidation and harassment, which includes sharing false and defamatory content, and death threats, damages press freedom in Hong Kong and we should not tolerate it,” Cheng said.
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