A recent double murder case may prove to be an important test of Hong Kong’s restrictive laws on what can or cannot be reported on in a pending court case in the internet age. “Hong Kong inherited the UK’s more restrictive approach,” Doreen Weisenhaus told The South China Morning Post in a November 4, 2014 article. “The presumption is that too much public information about the case would jeopardise a...
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The recent arrests of individuals involved in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong for violation of Section 161 of the Crimes Ordinance that targets computer crime offences are raising concern over freedom of expression. In an October 27, 2014 article in Quartz (qz.com), Associate Professor Doreen Weisenhaus is quoted as expressing concern over “whether there is an increased willingness for Hong Kong authorities to extend the...
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“Hong Kong Media Law” on display at 97th Annual Conference of the Association for Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Montreal, Aug. 6-9, 2014, where Prof Doreen Weisenhaus spoke on the impact of US defamation law in Asia.
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Hong Kong Media Law was a featured selection by HKU Press at the Hong Kong Book Fair July 15-21, 2014 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. More than 1 million attended the week-long event.
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June 24, 2014 –Do Hong Kong laws protect journalists? That was the theme of Prof Doreen Weisenhaus’ talk at the Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong, in which she analyzed laws that help or hinder journalists, examined legal developments in Hong Kong that impact press freedom and suggested reforms that would benefit journalists and the public. She also discussed several media law developments in Mainland China and...
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