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Tuesday 22 September 2020

Hong Kong police tighten control on media with new accreditation rules

Experts say new policy enables government to decide who is a journalist and curbs power of student and online journalism

Hong Kong authorities have moved to further constrain the city’s free press with an announcement by police that they would no longer recognise certain types of media accreditation.

Critics accused the police force of infringing the constitutionally enshrined free press, by attempting to create a government licensing system and reduce independent monitoring of their activities.

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