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Hong Kong gov’t and Reporters Without Borders trade barbs over press freedom ranking

By Tom Grundy

The Hong Kong government and legislature have condemned Reporters Without Borders (RSF) after the city was ranked low in the NGO’s annual press freedom index. They also hit out after German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) awarded jailed media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai a press freedom prize. In RSF’s 2026 global press […]