A member of the media receives medical help after being hit in the face with a projectile fired by police during clashes with protesters in Hong Kong on September 29 last year. The global environment for media has worsened. Photo: AFP
A member of the media receives medical help after being hit in the face with a projectile fired by police during clashes with protesters in Hong Kong on September 29 last year. The global environment for media has worsened. Photo: AFP
Jeff Nankivell
Opinion

Opinion

Jeff Nankivell, Andrew Heyn, Hanscom Smith and Elizabeth Ward

Media freedom in Hong Kong and elsewhere needs defending more than ever

  • Threats against journalists and barriers to information access should be rightly viewed as attacks on human rights themselves
  • Media Freedom Coalition and Unesco’s Global Media Defence Fund are part of global efforts to address the impunity over attacks on journalists and promote media freedom

Jeff NankivellAndrew HeynHanscom SmithElizabeth Ward
Jeff Nankivell Andrew Heyn Hanscom Smith and Elizabeth Ward

Updated: 1:02pm, 22 Nov, 2020

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A member of the media receives medical help after being hit in the face with a projectile fired by police during clashes with protesters in Hong Kong on September 29 last year. The global environment for media has worsened. Photo: AFP
A member of the media receives medical help after being hit in the face with a projectile fired by police during clashes with protesters in Hong Kong on September 29 last year. The global environment for media has worsened. Photo: AFP
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