The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong is deeply saddened and disturbed by the severe toll the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has taken on journalists. As of Oct. 26, at least 27 journalists were among the more than 7,000 people killed in the conflict, including ...

     The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong calls for the release of Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist unjustly sentenced to a lengthy prison term by a military court in Myanmar. Sai Zaw Thaike was sentenced on Sept. 6 to 20 years in prison with hard labor for h...

       The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply troubled by what amounts to the forced closure of The Kashmir Walla, one of the last remaining independent news outlets in Indian-administered Kashmir.   The Kashmir Walla, founded more than a decade ago and known for its hum...

An anonymous survey of the FCC’s Correspondent and Journalist members reveals that many are finding the working conditions in Hong Kong to be increasingly difficult. This finding, if taken as a true indication of the sentiment amongst other members, is an alarming reflection of the current sta...

       The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong (FCC) expresses concern over the termination of prominent Hong Kong political cartoonist Wong Kei-Kwan's comic series.   Wong's cartoons, published under the pseudonym Zunzi, ceased to be published in loca...

       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...

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...

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...

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...

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...