Hongkong publisher Jimmy Lai gets press freedom award
The imprisoned founder of Hongkong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and Next Digital media company, Jimmy Lai, will be awarded the Committee to Protect Journalist´s 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. The award is presented annually to recognize extraordinary and sustained commitment to press freedom.
“Jimmy Lai is not just a champion of a free press, he is a press freedom warrior. He fights for the right of his Apple News organization to publish freely, even as China and its backers in Hong Kong use every tool to quash them,” said Kathleen Carroll, chair of CPJ’s board. “The CPJ board is pleased to honor Jimmy Lai with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. And we look forward to the day when we can present that award to him in person.”
The Hongkong police recently raided Apple Daily with the chief UN human rights spokesperson saying it “sends a further chilling message for media freedom”.
“We call on Hongkong authorities to respect their obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in line with the Basic Law, in particular freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association and the right to participate in public affairs”.
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