The UK, US and others are very concerned about possible new media laws in Hong Kong

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain, the United States and a coalition of other nations said Friday they were concerned that more laws in Hong Kong could be used to restrict media freedom.

“We are very concerned about the possible introduction of new laws designed to serve or risk removing media control and criticism of government policies and actions,” said the UK on behalf of the Media Freedom Coalition published statement. said.

The coalition consists of Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland, Great Britain, and the United States.

(Reporting by William James; Editing by Michael Holden)