Arrests rattle Hong Kong as China sets its sights on journos

The city’s press freedom takes another blow as the state steps up its attack

17 June 2021 - 19:23 By Iain Marlow, Kari Lindberg and Natalie Lung

China has taken another step towards extinguishing any form of dissent in Hong Kong, hailing police in the city for arresting top editors of a pro-democracy newspaper and warning journalists not to write articles that challenge Beijing...

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