13
November 2024
Past Event
Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Event will also air live on this page.

 

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Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Past Event
Hudson Institute
November 13, 2024
An electronics shop employee in Hong Kong on October 18, 2017, looks at television sets showing a news report on China's President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
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An electronics shop employee in Hong Kong on October 18, 2017, looks at television sets showing a news report on China's President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
13
November 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: [email protected]

Speakers:
Olivia Enos
Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Ambassador Derek Mitchell, Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Anouk Wear, Research and Policy Advisor (USA), Hong Kong Watch
Anouk Wear

Research and Policy Advisor (USA), Hong Kong Watch

Yaqiu Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House
Yaqiu Wang

Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House

Joey Siu
Joey Siu

Hong Kong Activist

Listen to Event Audio

Hudson Institute is pleased to host the launch of Hong Kong Watch’s latest report, Invisible Decline: Violations of Digital Rights in Hong Kong and Their Impact. In the report, Anouk Wear examines how digital rights in Hong Kong have declined amid the Chinese government’s crackdown and what the United States and the international community can do to defend freedom in Hong Kong. Join Hudson for an expert panel event that will discuss the report and its implications.

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