Journalist Selina Cheng said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal in July 2024 after refusing demands from senior editors at the paper to sever ties with the Hong Kong Journalists Association and to not advocate for press freedom. Principal Magistrate Cheung Chi-wai David ruled that Dow Jones was guilty of wilfully preventing Cheng from exercising her right, under the city’s Trade Unions Ordinance, to become an officer of a registered trade union in June 2024.
søndag 13. september 2026
Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher for blocking reporter from union role
A Hong Kong court convicted Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, on Thursday of attempting to block a former reporter from becoming the head of a press union, but cleared it of unlawfully firing her.
Journalist Selina Cheng said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal in July 2024 after refusing demands from senior editors at the paper to sever ties with the Hong Kong Journalists Association and to not advocate for press freedom. Principal Magistrate Cheung Chi-wai David ruled that Dow Jones was guilty of wilfully preventing Cheng from exercising her right, under the city’s Trade Unions Ordinance, to become an officer of a registered trade union in June 2024.
Journalist Selina Cheng said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal in July 2024 after refusing demands from senior editors at the paper to sever ties with the Hong Kong Journalists Association and to not advocate for press freedom. Principal Magistrate Cheung Chi-wai David ruled that Dow Jones was guilty of wilfully preventing Cheng from exercising her right, under the city’s Trade Unions Ordinance, to become an officer of a registered trade union in June 2024.