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BBC OS: 2021/12/29 16:06 GMT: Hong Kong news website to shut

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2021/12/29 16:06 GMT: Hong Kong news website to shut

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Stand News in Hong Kong is shutting down after senior staff were arrested

One of the last pro-democracy media organisations in Hong Kong, Stand News, is shutting down after it was raided by police and senior staff were arrested. We’ll play some of the messages we’ve been gathering from people reacting to the news. 

We’ll go to South Africa where memorial services are being held for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday. 

Every day this week we are speaking to BBC correspondents, reflecting on the biggest stories they have covered in 2021 and the people they have encountered. Today the BBC’s Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga talks about her interviews and stories from the continent she has covered.  

The legendary American football coach and commentator John Madden has died. We’ll hear from fans reflecting on his long career and legacy.

(Photo: Deputy assignment editor Ronson Chan (C) of the online media outlet Stand News speaks to members of the press outside the media outlet office after taken for questioning by the police in Hong Kong, China, 29 December 2021. Credit: MIGUEL CANDELA/EPA)

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