NY Times opinion: press freedom loses again

August 13, 2020
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Jimmy Lai, owner of pro-democracy publisher Apple Daily, and six other senior executives have been arrested by Hong Kong police. This marks the most aggressive crackdown on press freedom yet under the new national security law which can charge people for sedition.

The NY Times Editorial Board discuss the implications of this here.

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