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China orders journalist Dong Yuyu to resume prison labor weeks after lung tumor surgery
“Dong Yuyu should not even be in prison on a bogus espionage charge. Chinese authorities must halt all prison labor demands and release him on humanitarian grounds,” CPJ Asia-Pacific Director Beh Lih Yi.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.
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