Hong Kong’s Human Rights Press Awards scrapped over security law fears

Foreign Correspondent's Club's decision sparks outrage from journalists and resignations from press freedom committee

Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondent's Club has scrapped its annual Human Rights Press Awards just days before it was due to announce winners, out of fear it would violate the city's wide-ranging national security law.

The decision sparked a number of resignations from the club's press freedom committee, and public criticism from journalists and former award winners, who described the move as sad, and evidence that it could no longer serve in its mission to defend the press.