Hong Kong leader says she cannot accept claims press freedom faces ‘extinction’

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she could not accept suggestions that press freedom in the city faces "extinction", just days after police raided…

Hong Kong Stand News arrests ‘beyond reproach’ – Chinese embassy

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The police raid on Hong Kong media organisation Stand News this week was "completely lawful and beyond reproach", said a spokesperson with the Chinese embassy in Britain,…

Hong Kong court denies bail to former Stand News editors charged with sedition

By Clare Jim and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two former senior editors of Hong Kong's Stand News were charged with conspiring to publish seditious materials and denied bail by…

Factbox: Stand News, Hong Kong’s most prominent remaining pro-democracy publication

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six people, including senior staff,…