Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

November 2024

Past Event

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)

November 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

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

Yaqiu Wang

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

Joey Siu

Hong Kong Activist

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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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