The Hong Kong High Court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, is the latest marker of Hong Kong’s dramatic shift from respecting press freedoms to endorsing outright hostility toward the media.

The Hong Kong High Court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, is the latest marker of Hong Kong’s dramatic shift from respecting press freedoms to endorsing outright hostility toward the media

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Whats even grosser is this court is made up of Western judges who hold the boot while Beijjing stomps down into it from above him