Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s 2024 press freedom index. Photo: RSF. This report was written by Hilary Leung and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 3, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Hong Kong has again ranked low in a global press freedom index, as a watchdog cited an “unprecedented series of setbacks” including newsroom closures and journalist arrests under Beijing’s national security law. The city placed 135 out of 180 countries and territories in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s annual press fr…