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2022-01-10 08:01:06 打开/如何

2022-01-07 08:02:03 文章引述香港外國記者會的聲明：[The arrests will] continue to chill the media environment in the city following a difficult year for the city’s news outlets.
Chill解「使變冷」，引伸意思係令媒界變得死氣沉沉，缺乏多元聲音

保護記者委員會亞洲總監Steven Butler：[It was] an open assault on Hong Kong’s already tattered press freedom as China steps up direct control over the former colony.
Assault: 打擊
Tattered: 被破壞

李家超用英文回應傳媒時話立場新聞係bad apple、black sheep，兩者都解「害群之馬」。但Ben就話被指害群之馬嘅記者更應受讚賞：I stand by my fellow bad apples and black sheep and so-called evil elements with deep admiration for their courage and commitment. Journalism is not a crime, but in Hong Kong the Chinese regime is turning it into one.（我支持這些所謂害群之馬和邪惡勢力的同業，對他們深表敬意，並欣賞他們的勇敢和承擔。從事新聞工作不應是罪，但中國政權卻令新聞工作在香港變成罪惡）

Ben回顧當局點樣搞港台：the defenestration of Radio Television Hong Kong, turning the respected public service broadcaster into a local version of China’s CCTV or CGTN, canning provocative programmes, culling investigative reporting, axing political discussion shows and reshaping it into a propaganda outlet for the regime
Defenestration: 解將人或物拋出窗外，即係摧毀港台意思
Can: 將食物放入罐保存，即係不容許播放當局認為挑釁性嘅節目（provocative programmes）
Cull: 剔除
Axe: 由用斧劈開，引伸至撤銷
Propaganda outlet for the regime: 政權嘅宣傳工具

Ben認為民主國家應做三樣嘢：

First, it must condemn loudly, clearly and repeatedly the attack on Stand News, the arrest of the seven individuals, and the assault on press freedom in Hong Kong.
翻譯：民主國家應強烈、清晰，且持續不斷地譴責當局打壓立場新聞、拘捕七人，及打擊香港的新聞自由

Second, democracies must coordinate an effort to demand the release of the seven who were arrested….Governments, journalists, lawyers, artists and organisations that represent them must speak out for Margaret Ng, Denise Ho and the Stand News Journalists in the same way that tennis stars united in outcry at the disappearance of Peng Shuai. And we must not stop demanding their release until they are free.
翻譯：民主國家必須統籌相應行動，要求該七人獲釋……各國政府、記者、律師、藝人及代表他們的組織必須為吳靄儀、何韻詩及立場新聞記者發聲，就如網球好手相繼對彭帥失蹤，表示強烈抗議一樣。在他們未獲得自由前，我們仍應繼續要求他們獲釋

This is not a regime that respects statements alone, although we must continue to speak out. But it is a regime that only understands the language of strength and action. So democracies, if we still believe in press freedom and other basic human rights, must unite and coordinate robust, targeted sanctions to make it clear that the assault on Hong Kong is unacceptable.
翻譯：此政權對一紙聲明，只會不屑一顧，但當然我們仍須繼續發聲。此政權只會明白實力和實際行動。所以，若我們仍然相信新聞自由和其他基本人權，民主國家便應團結一致，協調作出有力和有針對性的制裁措施，發出清晰訊息，即不能接受對香港的打壓行為

原文：https://www.ucanews.com/news/world-cannot-ignore-the-latest-attack-on-hong-kongs-rights/95547
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2022-01-07 08:01:02 搞完立場，眾新聞亦無奈停運。重溫Benedict Rogers喺立場停運後寫嘅文章，繼續向國際社會解釋香港新聞自由點死 打开/如何

2022-01-06 08:01:06 打开/如何

2022-01-05 08:01:02 Police said in a statement that they were conducting a search with a warrant authorizing them "to search and seize relevant journalistic materials." Stand News posted a video on Facebook of police officers saying they had a warrant to investigate the "conspiracy to publish a publication of seditious publications."
warrant（名詞）：搜查令
authorize（動詞）：批准
seize（動詞）：查獲，奪取
relevant（形容詞）：相關的

A 'dangerous precedent'
Eric Lai, Hong Kong law fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Asian Law, told DW that the arrests were a "dangerous precedent" as the government can arrest people "retroactively." "The charge of seditious publication was also used to charge the unionists who published the children's book a few months ago," Lai said, referring to five people being detained in July for publishing a book called "Defenders of the Sheep Village."
fellow（名詞）：研究員
precedent（名詞）：先例
retroactively（形容詞）：https://t.me/TwitterEnglishDep/946
unionist（名詞）：工會人員
refer（動詞）：提到
detain（動詞）：拘留
Defenders of the Sheep Village：羊村守衛者 https://t.me/TwitterEnglishDep/939

"It was quite disturbing because seditious law in Hong Kong is a kind of speech crime that the government can use whenever it needs once they interpret any expression or publications that are anti-government." Lai warned that charges of seditious publication would have an "unprecedented" and "chilling effect" throughout the city.
disturbing（形容詞）：使人憂慮的
interpret（動詞）：闡釋
chilling（形容詞）：令人恐懼的，令人不寒而慄的

"It would force the newspapers in Hong Kong to decide if they still want to act independently and critically of the government," he added. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) described the raid as "an open assault on Hong Kong's already tattered press freedom" and called for charges to be dropped.
critically（副詞）：批評地
Committee to Protect Journalists：保護記者委員會
open（形容詞）：公開的
assault（名詞）：攻擊
tattered（形容詞）：破爛的
press freedom：新聞自由
drop（動詞）：可以指"下降＂，但呢度係指"停止＂

A crackdown on dissent
This is not the first time Hong Kong police have conducted raids on journalists.

In June, hundreds of police raided the premises of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. The paper's executives were arrested for "collusion with a foreign country." Hong Kong prosecutors filed an additional "seditious publications" charge against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai on Tuesday.
premise（名詞）：場所，場地
executive（名詞）：行政人員
collusion（名詞）：勾結，串謀
prosecutor（名詞）：https://t.me/TwitterEnglishDep/1079
file（動詞）：名詞形態時可指"文件夾"，但動詞形態時可指"提出（訴訟）＂
founder（名詞）：創辦人

Hong Kong passed a controversial national security law in June of last year. Earlier this month, Hong Kong held a "patriots-only" legislative election, which critics said marginalized pro-democracy candidates.
controversial（形容詞）：具爭議性的
patriot（名詞）：愛國者
critic（名詞）：批評者
marginalize（動詞）：使邊緣化，忽視，排斥
candidate（名詞）：候選人

Source: https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-police-arrest-reporters-over-seditious-publications/a-60282506
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2022-01-04 08:02:02 Police in Hong Kong arrested seven senior current and former staff members of online media organization Stand News on Wednesday. The group was arrested for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications," the government said in a press release.
senior（形容詞）：資深，高級的
current（形容詞）：現任
former（形容詞）：前任
conspiracy（名詞）：陰謀
seditious（形容詞）：煽動人們叛逆國家/君權的
publication（名詞）：出版物

The official police statement did not identify those who were arrested but said they were three men and three women, aged 34 to 73. News agency AFP reported that Stand News acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam was being led away in handcuffs. Former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and four board members who resigned in June were among those arrested, according to local media.
official（形容詞）：官方的
statement（名詞）：聲明
identify（動詞）：識別，表明
acting（形容詞）：動詞形態時可指"演戲＂，但形容詞形態時指"代理＂
editor-in-chief：總編輯
lead（動詞）：帶走
handcuff（名詞）：手扣
board（名詞）：董事會
resign（動詞）：辭職

Later Wednesday, Stand News announced its closure.
closure（名詞）：關閉

Police raid office, houses
The national security police were seen hauling boxes from the Stand New office around lunchtime Wednesday, AFP reported. Hong Kong police said in a press release that they had conducted a search against an "online media company," deploying over "200 uniformed and plainclothes police officers."
haul（動詞）：拉，拽
press release（名詞）：（向媒體發布的）新聞稿
conduct（動詞）：執行，實施
search（名詞）：搜查
online media：網媒
deploy（動詞）：部署
plainclothes（形容詞）：便衣的

DW correspondent Phoebe Kong told DW that the more than 200 officers deployed to search the office of Stand News confiscated materials and documents. She also said officers of the Hong Kong police's national security department searched the home of Hong Kong Journalists Association chairman Ronson Chan.
correspondent（動詞）：記者
confiscate（動詞）：沒收
Hong Kong Journalists Association：香港記者協會
chairman（名詞）：主席

Chan, who is also a deputy editor at Stand News, said that police confiscated his computer, mobile telephone, tablet device, press pass, and bank records during the early morning raid. He was taken away for questioning but was later released, his organization said. "Stand News has always conducted professional news reporting, this is beyond doubt," Chan told reporters. "Criminal charges won't change this fact."
deputy（名詞）：副
tablet device：平板設備
press pass：記者證
raid（名詞）：警察突擊搜查以逮捕嫌疑人或扣押非法物品
take away（phrasal verb）：帶走
questioning（名詞）：審問，問話
release（動詞）：釋放
beyond doubt：毫無疑問

Source: https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-police-arrest-reporters-over-seditious-publications/a-60282506
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2022-01-04 08:01:01 國安處拘捕六名《立場新聞》高層或前高層，立場亦隨即宣佈停止運作， 一齊嚟睇下相關報導 打开/如何

2022-01-03 08:01:06 打开/如何

2021-12-31 08:02:02 首先留意點形容立場新聞。蘋果日報係傳統報章，外媒多形容為pro-democracy newspaper（支持民主的報章）。英文media outlet（或簡稱outlet），泛指不同形式嘅媒體，例如電視、電台、報章、網媒。台灣外交部形容今次係savage attacks on media outlets daring to report the news（向敢於報道新聞的媒體的野蠻攻擊）。UN Human Rights Office話We are witnessing an extremely rapid closing of the civil space and outlets for Hong Kong’s civil society to speak and express themselves freely。Outlets喺呢句就解「表達意見的場合」，全句可譯作「我們經歷的，是香港的公民空間和公民社會的言論自由和表達意見的渠道，正急速收窄」

留意拉立場人士唔係用國安法，係用刑事罪行條例（Crimes Ordinance）內煽動刊物（seditious publication）罪。（羊村案同蘋果高層，都以同樣罪名拘捕。）所以今次較難賴落國安法。不妨形容為rarely used colonial era laws（甚少使用的殖民地時代法例），符合事實之餘，亦可以引起外國人「殖民地管治即封閉落後」嘅情意結

Benedict Rogers: These arrests are nothing short of an all-out assault on the freedom of the press in #Hong Kong
Nothing short of: 「並不少於」，即係「完全係」嘅意見
All-out: 全面、用盡全力

美國國務卿布林肯：A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press（一個有信心的政府，應該無懼真相，接受自由的媒體）

Rep. Mark Green: This is the name of the game for communists – silencing dissent
Game唔係解遊戲，係指「計謀」
Silencing dissent: 壓制異見

Matthew Brooker: Mission accomplished in the latest phase of the authoritarian erasure of Hong Kong’s freedoms and civil society（極權政權消除香港的自由和公民社會的最新一步，已經完成任務）
Mission accomplished多形容正面嘅「任務」，呢度自然講反話

Tom Rogon (Washington Examiner, 29 December 2021): ... Stand News and other Hong Kong publications such as the Apple Daily newspaper have been so aggressively targeted. Not because they are plotting seditious terrorism, but because they dare to say things that do not align with Big Brother Xi Jinping’s vision.
翻譯：立場新聞及其他報章（例如蘋果日報）屢屢成為針對目標，並非因為它們密謀煽動恐怖活動，而是因為它們敢於說出與習大大願景不符的話
Big Brother源於George Orwell小說《1984》，可以解事事監控人民嘅政府，或專制國家或組織本身，或其領袖

Kenneth Roth: To justify shutting Stand News, John Lee, Hong Kong’s No. 2 official, said “journalism could not be used as a screen for endangering national security.” Translation: Journalism cannot be used to document repression in China or the crackdown in Hong Kong.
翻譯：香港的第二號官員李家超，為了替關閉立場提供理由，說「不能假借新聞工作，危害國家安全」。說得白一點，意思是：不能透過新聞工作，記錄在中國或香港出現的鎮壓或壓制行為
Translation除咗解翻譯，呢度解對說話嘅重新解釋、演繹

圖源: 柳廣成 打开/如何

2021-12-31 08:01:02 當局搞完蘋果搞立場，引起國際反彈。講新聞自由，外國人好易聽得明，所以大家更要努力，引起國際關注 打开/如何