Publishers demand release of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai
Telegraph
23-05-16 06:38
Publishers and editors from around the world have demanded the immediate release of press freedom advocate Jimmy Lai and condemned the Hong Kong government's ongoing crackdown on the media. In a joint statement signed by 113 high-profile members of the publishing industry and by the international non-profit Reporters Without Borders, the signatories called for the charges against Mr Lai and 28 other journalists to be dropped. Among the signatories are the Nobel Peace prize laureates Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa, editor of the Philippine news outlet the Rappler.