City of Hong Kong fighting to protect rare political freedom from China dictatorship:
Hong Kong journalists call for freedom keeps city from losing rights
Hong Kong journalists publish press freedom petition
AFP
Hong Kong journalists ran a petition in newspapers on Monday urging the city’s Beijing-backed leader to withdraw a proposed law which they said would infringe press freedom. Local and foreign journalists have slammed a government plan to restrict access to information about company directors.
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