【元朗黑夜】外国记者会默站抗议　谴责白衫人暴力袭击记者

约三十名外国记者会(FCC)成员和新闻从业员，今日（23日）在位于中环下亚厘毕道的香港外国记者会会址外默站，抗议白衣人在元朗袭击市民事件中殴打记者。FCC更形容，当日元朗的冲突场面是“前所未见，令人心寒。”

约三十名FCC成员和新闻从业员手持“坚决保卫新闻自由，不容暴力对待记者。”等谴责暴力的标语默站抗议，并声援在近日冲突中，采访期间受伤的记者。FCC表示，支持市民和平示威的权利，但记者同时亦有权在不受威吓和暴力的情况下采访，呼吁独立调查所有记者采访时遇袭或受威吓之事件。记者会亦要求警方尽快将涉案的人缉拿归案。

FCC声明全文

​FCC statement condemning violence in Hong Kong including against journalists
 
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong strongly condemns the latest violence that injured dozens of people, including journalists, and in particular the sickening scenes of mob violence at Yuen Long.
 
The club expresses solidarity with the journalists who were injured. It calls on the Hong Kong police and authorities to urgently find and bring to justice those who carried out the unprecedented mob attack.

Members will hold a silent protest outside the FCC on Tuesday, July 23, at 9:30 a.m. under the banner “Yes to press freedom, no to violence against journalists.”

Also, FCC board members will be meeting with the Hong Kong Journalists Association to discuss future steps to defend media freedom in Hong Kong.
 
The FCC expresses its unequivocal support for the right under Hong Kong law of the Hong Kong people to hold peaceful protests and for the right of journalists to cover such demonstrations free of intimidation or violence by authorities.
 
The FCC renews its call for an independent investigation of all forms of violence and intimidation directed at journalists by police since the start of the protests in June and urges that such investigations be thorough and transparent.