From Belarus to Hong Kong, journalists 'are bearing the brunt of the global surge in repression.' Analysis by brianstelter
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From Hong Kong to Belarus, we are witnessing new infringements on the public and on freedom of the press.I asked Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, to put this moment into perspective. He wrote:"In Hong Kong, more than 100 police raid the offices of the independent newspaper Apple Daily and haul away publisher Jimmy Lai for allegedly violating the territory's new national security law.
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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Arrested Under Controversial National Security LawI am a breaking news reporter for Forbes in London, covering Europe and the U.S. Previously I was a news reporter for HuffPost UK, the Press Association and a night reporter at the Guardian. I studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, where I was a writer and editor for one of the university’s global affairs magazines, the London Globalist. That led me to Goldsmiths, University of London, where I completed my M.A. in Journalism. Got a story? Get in touch at isabel.togohforbes.com, or follow me on Twitter bissieness. I look forward to hearing from you.
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