Violence against journalists escalates in Hong Kong
(WorldNews France)

As four more journalists were assaulted in the North Point area on Sunday August 11th, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Hong Kong authorities to put an end to the violence against the press. In the past two months, journalists covering the anti-extradition bill protests were increasingly the victim of intimidation and physical abuse by the police as well as pro-Beijing mobs (see the events in chronological order below). `Violence against journalists has now become systematic and clearly aims to...