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Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong digital news outlet Stand News has been nominated for the Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s 2021 Press Freedom Prize for Independence. It comes just as its editor-in-chief announced his resignation over the weekend due to “family reasons.” The Paris-headquartered press rights group announced 12 nominees from 11 different countries for their annual awards on Monday. “Founded in Hong Kong in December 2014, Stand News is an independent, non-profit, Cantonese-Chinese news website that undertakes to defend fundamental Hong Kong values – ‘democracy, human rights, freedom, rule of law and j…