Hong Kong court will deliver verdict Thursday for 2 journalists accused of sedition
A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict in a sedition case against two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday. The ruling is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News′ former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested in 2021 and pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications. Their sedition trial... Читать дальше...