“Beijing has insisted on wielding its power to suppress independent media and silence dissenting views,” US President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Photo: UPI/Bloomberg
‘Repression by Beijing’ killed Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, Joe Biden says
- US president and lawmakers from both parties denounce the moves that forced the ‘much-needed bastion of independent journalism’ to close
- Biden also calls for release of detained journalists and media executives, saying their work is ‘not a crime’
“Beijing has insisted on wielding its power to suppress independent media and silence dissenting views,” US President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Photo: UPI/Bloomberg
