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In Hong Kong, censorship, which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues regarding the freedom of speech.By law, censorship is usually practised against the distribution of certain materials, particularly child pornography, obscene images, sedition, separatism, state secrets, and reports on court cases which may lead to unfair trial.
The Hong Kong Bill of Rights elaborates on these and other rights enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong. [1] The Hong Kong government enacted the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Under its Article 43, local law enforcement unit was authorized to censor any resources when handling cases concerning offense endangering national security.
A proposed new law that will inject national security elements into Hong Kong’s censorship system has the city’s filmmakers worried. The law allows government officials retrospective power to ...
Veteran director Johnnie To discussed the challenges of filmmaking under increased regulation in Hong Kong during a conversation with Japanese filmmaker Yu Irie at the Tokyo International Film ...
After Beijing imposed a national security law on the territory in 2020, Hong Kong's media landscape underwent drastic changes. Apple Daily and Stand News, media outlets known for critical ...
Category: Censorship in Hong Kong. 2 languages. ... List of defunct media due to the 2020 Hong Kong national security law; S. Stand News This page was ...
The event on Wednesday titled 'Media Freedom in Hong Kong' is being held on the sidelines of the five-week meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Among the speakers is Sebastien Lai, the son of ...
Since the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" came into effect on July 1, 2020, there have been media reports that Hong Kong Public Libraries and school libraries have removed books and periodicals from their shelves, and Hong Kong Correctional Services has also listed some books and periodicals as banned books.