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April 26, 2022

Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club Cancels Awards, Citing National Security Law
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In Hong Kong, the Foreign Correspondents' Club has postponed its annual
human rights journalism awards over concerns the event could violate a
sweeping national security law imposed by Chinese authorities in
Beijing. Washington Post correspondent Shibani Mahtani resigned from the
correspondent club's press freedom committee in protest. She told the
Financial Times, "It is emblematic … of the self-censorship many
institutions feel forced to subject themselves to in today's Hong Kong …
and entirely indicative of how the national security law has changed the
landscape for all."


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