President Biden issues statement on Hong Kong’s. Apple Daily

Statement by President Joe Biden on Hong Kong’s Apple Daily

JUNE 24, 2021

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It is a sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world. Intensifying repression by Beijing has reached such a level that Apple Daily, a much-needed bastion of independent journalism in Hong Kong, has now ceased publishing. Through arrests, threats, and forcing through a National Security Law that penalizes free speech, Beijing has insisted on wielding its power to suppress independent media and silence…