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Hong Kong editors charged with sedition

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions Source: AAP

Hong Kong's closure of Stand News, the last pro-democracy news site, and the arrest of its staff, charging them with sedition, has drawn condemnation from overseas.


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By Essam Al-Ghalib

Source: SBS



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Hong Kong's closure of Stand News, the last pro-democracy news site, and the arrest of its staff, charging them with sedition, has drawn condemnation from overseas.



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