October 7, 2024
As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong remembers the scores of journalists killed or injured in the ongoing conflict. The FCC calls on all parties to protect the journalists who are covering th...
October 3, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is calling for the release of Mech Dara, a Cambodian investigative reporter who was arrested this week in an apparent attempt to silence one of the country’s leading journalists. Dara was arrested by military police on...
September 14, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is extremely concerned by reports that journalists in Hong Kong have been harassed and threatened online and offline because of their work. The Hong Kong Journalists Association has reported that journalists, along wit...
August 29, 2024
Today, two Hong Kong journalists have been convicted of a crime for articles they published. Although sentencing is adjourned until 26 September 2024 and the defendants have been granted court bail until that date, there still remains a risk that Chung Pui-kuen ...
August 22, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is concerned by reports that Bloomberg journalist Haze Fan has been refused a visa to work at the organisation's Hong Kong bureau. Fan, a Chinese national, is a qualified and experienced journalist who has also worked ...
July 18, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by the news of Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Selina Cheng’s dismissal as an employee of The Wall Street Journal. Ms Cheng said that senior editors at the paper asked her to withdraw ...
May 3, 2024
This World Press Freedom Day, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong reinforces its commitment to pushing to maintain freedom of the press in Hong Kong and around the globe. As journalists and media organisations in Hong Kong face rising pressure and uncerta...
April 12, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is concerned that a representative of global press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been denied entry to Hong Kong by the city’s immigration officials. Aleksandra Bielakowska travelled to Hong Kong twice...
February 28, 2024
On February 28, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong sent the following submission to the Security Bureau on the Consultation Document of Article 23 of the Basic Law.
October 27, 2023
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 ...
