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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Erin Hale

Hong Kong prepares for Stand News verdict in latest media freedom test

People in Taiwan rally in support of Stand News [File: Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo]

Two Hong Kong journalists will learn the outcome this week of their landmark sedition trial, whose verdict could set the tone for the future of journalism in the Chinese city.

The two journalists, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, are former editors of the now-closed independent news outlet, Stand News. They face up to two years in prison if found guilty under Hong Kong’s colonial-era sedition laws.

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