Hong Kong journalists harassed in ‘systemic and organised attack’

Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employers

Journalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the city’s largest journalist association said was a “systemic and organised attack” over recent months.

The harassment included death threats, and threatening and defamatory complaint letters being sent to reporters’ families and their employers, as well as landlords and neighbours, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said. Continue reading...