https://www.scmp.com/rss/507959/feed Jeff Nankivell is consul general of Canada in Hong Kong and Macau. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The world is becoming a more hostile place for journalists. In both online and offline spaces, journalists are confronted with threats of torture, kidnapping, harassment, imprisonment and murder. Such threats against journalists are often committed with impunity and serve to intimidate journalists and constrict media environments. Among several worrying trends, the proportion of countries with a “very bad” media freedom ranking rose to 13 per cent this year, according to the World Press Freedom... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3110769/media-freedom-hong-kong-and-elsewhere-needs-defending-more-ever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3110769/media-freedom-hong-kong-and-elsewhere-needs-defending-more-ever?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Nov 2020 05:00:20 +0000