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May 29, 2023
       The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong (FCC) is concerned that several media outlets were barred by the Hong Kong government from covering a National Security Education Day event on Saturday 15 April, 2023.   Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), a gove...
May 3, 2023
Press Freedom Survey 2023        Dear Correspondent/Journalist members, To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the FCC press freedom committee is launching the second survey of its Journalist and Correspondent members for their thoughts on whether and how the env...
February 15, 2023
The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong is deeply troubled by the forced closure of Cambodia's leading independent media outlet, Voice of Democracy. Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered VOD’s licence revoked, effective Monday, over what he said was an erroneous report about his eldest son. The p...
September 8, 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following response to the FCC's statement on the arrest of Ronson Chan, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association: The spokesperson of the Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR strongly disapproved and firmly re...
September 7, 2022
The FCC notes with concern today’s arrest of the chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Ronson Chan. The club is monitoring the situation very closely. The police have stated that Mr. Chan was arrested after he repeatedly refused requests to show his ID. He was detained on suspi...
June 29, 2022
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by reports that some media outlets have been restricted from covering official events around the inauguration of Chief Executive-designate John Lee and the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. At least 10 journalists...
June 17, 2022
The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong is concerned by reports that some media outlets have been restricted from covering official events around the inauguration of Chief Executive-designate John Lee and the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. Media reports have stated that...
May 3, 2022
Message from the President on World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2022 As we mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, we should pause and remember the many journalists and media workers killed so far this year in Ukraine while covering the conflict and in other trouble spots including Afg...
March 22, 2022
The deaths of at least four journalists covering the war in Ukraine as of this writing is a sobering reminder of the dangers all journalists face when covering conflict and trying to provide truthful, independent reporting to the world. Ukrainian photojournalist Yevhenii Sakun was killed in an...
February 10, 2022
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is concerned about the arrest of Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah under India’s anti-terrorism law. Shah, who is the founding editor of The Kashmir Walla, was awarded the 25th Human Rights Press Awards in 2021 in explanatory feature writing for his coverag...
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