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Cathay Pacific Faces ‘Legal Action’ Over Hong Kong Virus Outbreak: Leader

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Cathay Pacific is being investigated and faces possible legal action over an Omicron variant coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong that began with the airline’s employees, the city’s leader said Tuesday. The revelation came as chief executive Carrie Lam announced the suspension of all kindergarten and primary schools until after the Lunar New Year in early …

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More Hong Kong Politicians Sent To Quarantine After Birthday Party

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Four Hong Kong lawmakers and the city’s immigration czar joined another top official at a quarantine camp as a coronavirus scare widened Friday, ensnaring political elite after they attended a large birthday party. The latest high-profile entries into Hong Kong’s 21-day quarantine facilities have left city authorities red-faced as they install a new “patriots only” …

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Third Hong Kong News Company Shutters As Media Fears Grow

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Journalists from Hong Kong’s CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet’s staff were arrested for “sedition”. One of the most popular news websites in Hong Kong with more than 800,000 social media followers, CitizenNews is the third media company to …

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Third Hong Kong News Company Shutters As Media Fears Grow

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Journalists from Hong Kong’s CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet’s staff were arrested for “sedition”. One of the most popular online news outlets in Hong Kong with more than 800,000 social media followers, CitizenNews is the third media outlet …

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Shuttered Hong Kong News Outlet’s Editors Charged With Sedition

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Two senior editors of Hong Kong media outlet Stand News were charged with “conspiracy to publish seditious” material on Thursday, police said, following a raid that drew international condemnation. China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the city in 2019, and suppression of the local press …

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Hong Kong Journalists Charged With Conspiracy To Publish ‘Seditious’ Content: Police

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Two members of a Hong Kong news outlet were charged with “conspiracy to publish seditious” material on Thursday, police said, a day after a raid on pro-democracy publication Stand News. China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the city in 2019, and suppression of the local …

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Hong Kong Police Raid Local Media Outlet, Arrest Six For ‘Seditious Publication’

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Hong Kong police raided the office of a local media outlet and arrested six current and former staff on Wednesday, deepening fears for press freedom in a territory where media rights have been massively curtailed in recent years. Suppression of Hong Kong’s local press has increased in the wake of 2019’s huge and often violent …

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Hong Kong Media Outlet Closes After Police Raid, Arrests

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News said Wednesday it will close after a police raid and arrests of seven current and former staff members, in the latest blow to the city’s rapidly shrinking press freedoms. Suppression of the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s local press has increased in the wake of 2019’s huge and often violent …

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