{"id":388665,"date":"2022-01-02T02:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/beijing-nails-coffin-shut-on-dissent-in-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2022-01-02T02:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:38:08","slug":"beijing-nails-coffin-shut-on-dissent-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beijing-nails-coffin-shut-on-dissent-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"#Beijing nails coffin shut on dissent in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Beijing nails coffin shut on dissent in Hong Kong<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/hong-kong-editor.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Authorities in Beijing last week forced the closure of Stand <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>, one of the last independent news outlets in Hong Kong, and levied new charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Daily, the city\u2019s once-biggest pro-democracy newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, hundreds of Hong Kong police descended onto Stand News\u2019 offices and arrested seven people for \u201cconspiracy to publish seditious publication.\u201d Within hours, the news organization\u2019s site announced it would be shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>Public dissent is now all but a thing of the past there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStand News\u2019s editorial policy was to be independent and committed to safeguarding Hong Kong\u2019s core values of democracy, human rights, freedom, the rule of law and justice,\u201d the Web site said. \u201cThank you, readers, for your continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those arrested: top editor Patrick Lam, pop singer Denise Ho and former lawmaker Margaret Ng, the latter two former board members. Police also arrested former top editor Chung Pui-kuen, whose wife \u2014 former Apple Daily associate publisher Chan Pui-man \u2014 has been imprisoned since July. <\/p>\n<p>Officials cited the city\u2019s new national-security law for the move. John Lee, Hong Kong\u2019s No. 2 honcho, said journalism can be used as a cover for threatening national security. But it shouldn\u2019t be a crime to report the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Beijing did the same thing to Apple Daily, conducting multiple raids and arresting several of its top editors, including founder Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail for a year this week. That forced the outlet to close.<\/p>\n<p>And Tuesday, Beijing upped the ante, announcing <em>new<\/em> sedition charges against Lai, who faces up to life in prison under the new law, and six former senior employees.<\/p>\n<p>While the Chinese Communist Party nails the coffin shut on dissent, its message is clear: It won\u2019t tolerate truth or freedom in Hong Kong.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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