Hong Kong court finds 2 journalists guilty of sedition
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Hong Kong used to be famous for its feisty and free press. Today, reporting the news there can land you in prison. Two journalists in the Chinese territory are now facing the possibility of jail time after being convicted of sedition for their work. Also, Thailand has a new prime minister. But less than two weeks into her term, Paetongtarn Shinawatra is already facing a complaint that could end up dissolving her political party. Many Thais are now wondering, what's the point of voting? And, Sudan is facing a national catastrophe. More than half of the country's population of 45 million is in need of urgent food aid. Millions have been displaced. Peace talks so far have failed to end the civil war.
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| 0:00.0 | Two Hong Kong journalists are convicted on charges of sedition and are facing possible prison sentences. |
| 0:11.6 | It will certainly have an impact on every newsroom in the |
| 0:14.4 | city. Hong Kong press freedom under threat. I'm Carolyn Beeler. Also today |
| 0:19.8 | the Civil War in Sudan has been impossible to stop so far and it's bringing widespread |
| 0:25.2 | displacement and famine. Massive almost unimaginable. We'll hear about a powerful |
| 0:31.1 | organized crime gang in Nigeria, water buffalo herders in Turkey |
| 0:35.3 | and a possible high-altitude solution to get billions of people reliable internet access. |
| 0:41.1 | They could be a balloon, they could be an airship, they could be a glider or an airplane. |
| 0:46.0 | What they have in common is they're able to provide signal and provide it at fast speeds. |
| 0:51.4 | All those stories and more ahead on the world. |
| 0:58.8 | This is the world. |
| 0:59.9 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:01.2 | Thank you for joining us today. A judge in Hong Kong has convicted two local |
| 1:06.1 | journalists of sedition. Chung Puy Kuhn and Patrick Lamb worked as editors at Stand News. |
| 1:13.2 | Now they face a possible prison sentence of two years or more. |
| 1:17.2 | Stand News was shut down by Hong Kong authorities in 2021, |
| 1:20.8 | and in a statement today, a judge called the outlet a danger to national security. |
| 1:25.6 | This was the first legal case of its kind since Britain handed control of Hong Kong to China |
| 1:30.9 | in 1997. It's part of a larger crackdown on Hong Kong's news |
| 1:35.1 | media that Tom Grundy knows well. He's the founder and director of the |
| 1:39.2 | Hong Kong Free Press. Well prosecutors said that Stan News had sought to incite hatred against the authorities |
| 1:46.4 | through 17 articles published between 2020 and 2021. |
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