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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent

Fears of online censorship in Hong Kong as rights group website goes down

Benedict Rogers, the head of Hong Kong Watch, with microphone and banner behind him
Benedict Rogers, the head of Hong Kong Watch, addresses a demonstration in central London in January against the decline of press freedom in Hong Kong. Photograph: May James/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The website of a UK-based advocacy group appears to have become inaccessible through some networks in Hong Kong, raising fears of mainland-style internet censorship in the Chinese territory.

The group, Hong Kong Watch, which monitors human rights, said it worried the censorship could be a part of a wider crackdown on freedom of speech under Hong Kong’s national security law, which allows the police to ask service providers to “delete” information or “provide assistance” on national security cases.

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