The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, expresses its solidarity with journalists working in Myanmar and calls on the military government to respect media freedom.
The FCC also calls for all restrictions to be lifted on the internet and communications, which are essential both for journalists in the exercise of their profession and for the free flow of information.
The club will continue to monitor the situation in the days and weeks ahead.
Post Date: February 2, 2021
The Human Rights Press Awards are run by the FCC, Amnesty International Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Journalists Association. The 24th annual awards were announced on May 6, 2020. See the winners here.
