The head of Hong Kong's leading journalists group was sentenced on Monday to five days jail for obstructing police officers in September last year after a case seen by some critics as a further blow to media freedoms in the financial hub.
A government effort to restrict the pro-democracy protest song Glory to Hong Kong when used to incite secession was rejected Friday by Hong Kong's High Court. The court said it would chill free speech.
The Hong Kong government lost a bid to wipe a controversial protest song from its internet, a rare victory for free speech and internet firms such as Google in a city accused in past years of undermining the rule of law.
This article examines the legally protected forms of expression in Hong Kong, including free speech and freedom of the press, as well as exceptions to these freedoms and special considerations for media organisations.