致各大傳媒機構：
請停止騷擾「獨立媒體（香港）」的成員及義工
獨立媒體（香港）乃6月15日「支持斯諾登遊行」的主要主辦單位，最近，本團體的成員及友好義工，收到很多媒體查問，關於確認斯諾登身處香港的消息人士的電話。我們在此強調，斯諾登身處香港時，本機構的聯絡人和義工並不知道斯諾登的行蹤。機構的消息來源來自《衞報》的錄像訪問，該訪問指斯諾登在香港並把希望寄予香港人和香港政府。而也因為相關的報導，我們即日便討論聲援斯諾登的計劃。
作為一個支持獨立媒體的機構，我們明白記者希望從不同的角度去發掘故事。然而，整個發展是一些故事已超出了調查報導，而是純綷的堆砌事實，親北京媒體大公報更發表一篇指「香港獨立媒體網」義工陳玉峰曾介入勸告斯諾登離開香港的文章。雖然我們對媒體查詢一直抱着開放友善的態度，但目前不斷追問我們消息來源的做法毫無必要，很多提問根本是猜測，我們認為此等做法是純屬騷擾，請各機構停止這方面的查詢。
我們希望再一次向本地和國際傳媒機構強調，請停止騷擾，為了中止各方的騷擾行為，我們亦會囑咐所有成員和義工停止一切傳媒有關斯諾登事件的查詢。
目前，有很多針對記者的抹黑，有的甚至把記者說成是幫助逃犯的幫兇，我們很懷疑追查消息人士的報導會被扭曲。
對於專業的主流媒體，把一個涉及全世界人權和私穩的新聞，扭曲為一些子虛鳥有的陰謀論故事，本機構表示非常憤怒和遣憾。
獨立媒體（香港）
To major media organizations,
Stop harassing Hong Kong In-Media’s members and volunteers
As a key organization coordinating the Rally to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong on June 15, 2013, members from Hong Kong In-Media have recently received a large number of phone calls from reporters trying to investigate whether we were in contact with someone who had knowledge of Snowden’s presence in Hong Kong. We want to reiterate that none of our members and volunteers had any knowledge of Mr.Edward Snowden’s whereabouts in Hong Kong.
Our source was the media interview that was released by the Guardian, in which Mr.Snowden revealed that he was in Hong Kong and has hopes from the Hong Kong people and the government. In the morning of the video was released, we began discussing our plan to highlight our stance on protection of whistleblowers and show public support for the cause.
While, being an organization for advocating independent media, we understand that journalists are trying their hardest to cover all aspects of the story. However, the quest for the story has gone from investigative journalism to concocting & construing facts, a Pro-Beijing newspapers even ran an misleading article implying that Melody Chan, a volunteer at inmediahk.net has involved in persuading Snowden to leave Hong Kong. Despite our outmost co-operation with the media, we found the media probing unnecessarily, based on assumptions & therefore an act of harassment to all of our members and volunteers and demand this be stopped immediately.
We would like to reinforce that media — both international & national — must stop the harassment. We will stop replying any inquiry regarding Edward Snowden.
At a time reporters are being targeted with vicious smear campaigns and accused of allegedly aiding and abetting a supposed crime, merely because they reported the story, we are very suspicious of how this story is being reported by certain media.
The incident of Edward Snowden is an important news about the civil liberty and right to privacy around the world. It is outraging that some professional media organizations divert their focus to conspiracy stories.
Hong Kong In-Media
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