: Hong Kong: Independent news outlet to shut down due to ‘deteriorating media environment’ #IndiaNEWS Independent Hong Kong news outlet Citizen News announced on Sunday that it will close its operations

Hong Kong: Independent news outlet to shut down due to ‘deteriorating media environment’ #IndiaNEWS
Independent Hong Kong news outlet Citizen News announced on Sunday that it will close its operations from January 4 due to declining press freedom, AP reported.This is the third media outlet to shut down since June, after pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and online news website Stand News.Citizen News said on Facebook that it has to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone on board. The news outlet said that it was faced with “not just pouring rains or blowing winds, but hurricanes and tsunamis???.“We can no longer strive to turn our beliefs into reality without fear because of the sea change in the society over the past two years and the deteriorating media environment,??? it added. The news outlet had begun operations in 2017, according to CNN. It had been set up by several senior reporters from Hong Kong, and was supported completely by crowdfunding.The announcement by Citizen News came days after officials on December 29 raided Stand News and arrested seven persons for allegedly conspiring to publish seditious material. Stand News announced on the same day that it will stop its operations.Among those who were arrested were singer Denise Ho and former legislator Margaret Ng. Both of them were part of Stand Newp?&H?????X??????H??H???Y??H]???X[H???Y?]?Y][????????YY?????XY[?H

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