Thank you to Rebecca Vincent RSF for expert moderating, & to our speakers #ijf24 today:

🗞️Matthew Caruana Galizia Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
🗞️Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Doughty Street International 🗞️Samuel Chu 朱牧民 The Campaign for Hong Kong
&
🗞️Sebastien Lai @supportjimmylai (online).

#FreeJimmyLai

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Looking forward to journalism festival #ijf24 , in #Perugia 🇮🇹 & online:
Conspiracy to Commit Journalism: The Trial of #JimmyLai & Media Freedom in #HongKong

Thurs 18 April, 1400 CET, Sala dei Notari Rebecca Vincent Sebastien Lai Samuel Chu 朱牧民 Matthew Caruana Galizia Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC

See you there! #freejimmylai

Self-Censorship a Major Concern for the Art Trade in Hong Kong After New Legislation via Artnet Vivienne Chow
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It was great to work with you! Be Brave.

.Index on Censorship are honoured to be in attendance of the unveiling of the Pillar of Shame outside European Parliament. The original, marking the #Tiananmen massacre, was removed by the #HongKong authorities & remains a symbol of human rights.

Lumli Lumlong 淋漓淋浪 Jens Galschiøt

US State Dept releases annual report on Hong Kong: 'Over the past year, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has continued to take actions against Hong Kong’s promised high degree of autonomy, democratic institutions, and rights and freedoms. buff.ly/3xhefd6

Hong Kong on Friday published its draft of a new national security law, a document some lawyers said broadened what could be considered sedition and state secrets, with tougher penalties for any one convicted of those crimes and several others. buff.ly/48FL68w

Woke up to the reports of Alexey Navalny's murder by Putin. I don't have the words right now - just rage and sadness. My heart is with Yulia, Dasha + family, friends/colleagues, and all the families and loved ones of political prisoners worldwide. nytimes.com/2024/02/16/wor…

This week, we had a full house at Deutscher Bundestag with Axel Springer SE Freedom Foundation, highlighting the plights of political prisoners worldwide and the need for Germany and its allies to act more decisively in securing their release.

Today marks 3000 days since #GuiMinhai was abducted.

'My father has been subjected to torture, forced to deliver scripted confessions, and had his Swedish citizenship unilaterally stripped. I (don't know)...whether he is even still alive.” Angela Gui