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Hong Kong [China], December 21 (ANI): Hong Kong s High Court on Monday threw out a bid from the area s oldest journalists union which sought to formally label the police force s treatment of industry workers during last year s anti-government protests as unconstitutional.
According to South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) had sought two court declarations that the police conduct last year represented an unlawful breach of freedoms of the press, opinion and expression guaranteed by the Basic Law.
Numerous examples of the ill-treatment included journalists being shot with rubber bullets and beanbag rounds, protesters targeted with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannons, arrested or threatened with arrest and being repeatedly and systematically met with police officers refusal to identify themselves.
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