On Thursday, June 24, while queuing for hours, the latest issue came to a headApple DailyThe Hong Kong people showed their deep attachment to this vicious, mind-bogglingly controversial newspaper that was shut down by the authorities in the name of a new law on national security, sometimes before it even went out of the media. For twenty-six years, with increasing activism, the newspaper has been undeniably suppressed in the heart of Hong Kong society, especially among the youth and the most popular classes. To its readers, theApple Daily It has never been the most serious or credible newspaper, but it will remain “the only newspaper that tells the truth.”

Headliners went to the newspaper’s headquarters in Seung Kwan Oi, New Territories, Hong Kong, from Wednesday to Thursday night. . The latter responded by saying goodbye with phones from the roof or windows of the building, as if boarding a ship leaving the city, in terms of freedom of voice and courage.Apple Daily Contains. This is a photo of these farewells titled “Without Repentance” which appears in the “one” of the last issue.

The turquoise background can be identified by the red apple bitten and the colorful pages with photos and graphics. Apple Daily In 1995, it revolutionized the press. The title has never missed an opportunity to pull not only the government and the police, but also its corrupt pages and city stars and other businessmen. He ousted some ministers, but above all confirmed to all major protest movements, especially in 2003, 2014, and 2019, that he had rejected the Chinese Communist Party.

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It was started by businessman Jimmy Lai, who is currently in jail Apple Daily Therefore, within a year of the adoption of the Beijing National Security Act on June 30, 2020, under pressure from the authorities to freeze the accounts, he was forced out of business to brutally eliminate any challenge. Special Administrative Area. However, its inhabitants have always been guaranteed their basic freedoms – especially freedom of expression and freedom of the press – until at least 2047, according to Hong Kong’s Mini-Constitution Basic Law, which states that “one country, two systems”.

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