Panel discussion: freedom of speech in Hong Kong
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- SOAS Main Building
- Room
- RG01
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
The introduction of the National Security Law of Hong Kong in 2020 has brought about significant changes to how Hong Kong manages the freedom of speech.
This panel discussion will examine if its judicial establishment has managed to uphold the freedom of speech, where matters stand with academic and press freedom, and what those working to uphold the freedom of speech may expect to find in today’s Hong Kong. It will further discuss the scope for the UK and governments in democracies elsewhere to support the freedom of speech in Hong Kong.
Registration
This event is open to the public and free to attend; however, registration is required. This event is taking place on campus and will not be recorded or live-streamed.
Organiser
This event has been organised by the SOAS China Institute.
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Speakers
Mark L. Clifford
Mark L. Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and author of The Troublemaker (Simon & Schuster, 2024) and Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World (St. Martin’s, 2022). He previously served as a director of Next Digital, publisher of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily; executive director of the Asia Business Council; editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post; and publisher and editor-in-chief of The Standard. He has also held senior editorial positions at BusinessWeek and the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong and Seoul, earning numerous awards for his books and journalism.
Yuen Chan
Yuen Chan is a Senior Lecturer at City St George’s, University of London. A journalist with experience across print, television and radio, she has worked as a reporter, anchor, presenter and columnist in Hong Kong, covering the territory in the years surrounding the 1997 handover from British to Chinese sovereignty. She was also stationed in Shanghai and Beijing as a correspondent from 2003 to 2008. Previously, Yuen was Senior Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Journalism and Communication, where she oversaw the practicum magazine Varsity and served as Assistant Dean (Communication) in the Faculty of Social Science.
Paul Harris S.C.
Paul Harris S.C. is a public law and human rights specialist who also has considerable experience of other areas of civil litigation. He is based at Doughty Street, but also practices in Hong Kong, where he is one of the territory’s leading public law silks.
Chair
This event will be chaired by Professor Steve Tsang (Director, SOAS China Institute).
Contact
Email: sci@soas.ac.uk
