Protesters yesterday gathered in front of a Bank of China branch in Taipei to speak out against the deterioration of press freedoms in Hong Kong, a day after the territory lost its biggest remaining pro-democracy news outlet.
Shouting “reporting the truth is not a crime,” members of the Hong Kong Outlanders and other organizations decried the shuttering on Wednesday of Stand News after a raid involving more than 200 police officers.
Freedom of the press is already dead in Hong Kong, Economic Democracy Union researcher Chiang Min-yen (江旻諺) said.
Although the territory no longer respects freedom of speech, Taiwan would continue to stand
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By Hsieh Chun-lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan should be concerned over potential breaches of human rights and national security ramifications after a Hong Kong court-appointed liquidator sought permission to order Taiwan-based Apple Daily and Next Magazine to turn over all of their assets, the Economic Democracy Union said yesterday.
Taiwan should be concerned over potential breaches of human rights and national security ramifications after a Hong Kong court-appointed liquidator sought permission to order Taiwan-based <i>Apple Daily</i> and <i>Next Magazine</i> to turn over all of their assets, the Economic Democracy Union said yesterday.
The union, a consortium of non-governmental organizations, urged the government in Taipei to take immediate action to ensure that Hong Kong’s National Security Law would have no foothold in Taiwan.
Hong Kong courts are nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the liquidator could function as a “fixer,” representing the CCP in Taiwan,