G7 Demands Freedom While Imprisoning Assange, Stunned by China's Hypocrisy Claim
Al Jazeera reports the G7 is united in calling for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai, currently facing charges under Hong Kong's national security law. This noble defense of journalistic freedom comes from the very nations who have, for years, maintained a deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, imprisoned for exposing their own governments' war crimes. The hypocrisy
meter, predictably, shattered. China, naturally, slammed the G7's "interference," a retort that ironically highlights the selective outrage of global powers. One might wonder if the G7's concern for press freedom extends only to those inconvenient for rival states, or if a journalist jailed in a Western ally's prison for exposing atrocities (as Assange did) simply doesn't tug at the same
heartstrings. Apparently, 'press freedom' is a geographical commodity.