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January 3, 2022

Hong Kong Independent Media Outlet Citizen News Shutters Amid Crackdown on Press Freedom
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In Hong Kong, the independent media outlet Citizen News is shuttering
this week, citing safety concerns, days after authorities raided another
independent news organization, Stand News, and arrested at least seven
staffers. This is the chief editor of Citizen News, Daisy Li.

Daisy Li: "What has changed is not us but the environment. As the
editor-in-chief, nowadays there are things that I cannot make the
decision for. I am unsure whether a story, a piece of news or a sentence
will violate a new regulation under the changing news environment."

This comes as Hong Kong's first so-called patriots-only legislature was
sworn in today following last month's election, where all candidates
were vetted for their loyalty or selected by pro-Beijing committees.


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