China upholds harsh 7-year prison sentence for journalist Dong Yuyu on spy charges
CPJ urged Chinese authorities to immediately release journalist Dong Yuyu and allow him to reunite with his family, after a Beijing court upheld his seven-year sentence on espionage charges.
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