Hong Kong court convicts former Stand News editors of sedition

Deccan Herald

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Hong Kong — Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors were found guilty of sedition Thursday, the first conviction of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997.
Voice Of America
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The former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were arrested on 29 December 2021 after police raided the outlet’s newsroom.
Guardian
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The sedition case is the first involving a media outlet since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule.
Time
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Stand News was one of the last media outlets in the city to openly criticize the government amid a crackdown on dissent that followed massive pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Deutsche Welle

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