Important gloss here: True, the law does not *require* BUT nor does it formally *recognize* press creds. By not arresting people with press passes police are extending a courtesy (& implicitly recognizing bad PR that would ensue if they arrested a genuine reporter).https://twitter.com/laurelchor/status/1165695182819344384 …
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Once a gathering of people is an “unlawful assembly” anyone there can be arrested. A press pass is not a magical “get out of jail free card”. Citizen journalists need to bear this in mind & act accordingly. And ALWAYS carry your HKID/Passport. Not having it is asking for trouble.
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2 additional points: 1/ Just as there is paranoia among protesters about police posing as “fake” protesters, there is also paranoia among pro-BJ/police groups about foreign agents posing as “fake” press. Hence the comment at 2’08” of this clip.https://twitter.com/lostdutchhk/status/1165666207489355776 …
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2/ To be fair to HK Police, while there has been plenty to criticize, there can’t be many police forces in the world as tolerant of press (& “press”) as they have been. This photo, funny as it is, is a typical example.https://twitter.com/antd/status/1165205296630730755 …
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As an outsider, this is the most striking thing to me about the police/protester dynamic. Swarms of journalists surround everything and move without fear of the police, who almost entirely ignore them, to the point where I've seen journalists impeding both cops and demonstrators
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