Hu Jia

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Hu Jia

Police charged Hu, a prominent human rights activist and essayist, with “incitement to subvert state power” based on six online commentaries and two interviews with foreign media in which he criticized the Communist Party. On April 3, 2008, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Hu had advocated for AIDS patients,…

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Zhu Jianbin

Zhu, a co- founder of Sound of the Bell, met with other activists from the All- China Association of the Democratic Press in August 1980. He was arrested in April 1981. CPJ has been unable to confirm reports that he was released in 1992.

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CPJ welcomes release of Hu Jia

New York, June 26, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Hu Jia, the journalist and activist who was unjustly jailed in December 2007. He was freed after serving his three-and-a-half-year sentence on charges of inciting subversion.

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Three police vans with at least five officers sit on a tree-lined street.

Chinese authorities arrest 2 ethnic Kazakh TV journalists in Xinjiang

Taipei, July 2, 2024—Chinese authorities must immediately release ethnic Kazakh journalists Kairat Domalin and Kuandyk Koben, who were arrested in China’s Xinjiang region, and cease harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Chinese police arrested Domalin and Koben in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region, in April, according to the…

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Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin

CPJ calls for immediate release of Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin

Taipei, June 14, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Chinese court’s decision on Friday to sentence journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in prison on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power.” The Intermediate People’s Court in the southern city of Guangzhou handed down the sentence to Huang, who is well known…

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‘I couldn’t remain silent’: Son fights for Uyghur journalist’s release from Chinese prison

The last time Bahram Sintash saw his journalist father was in 2017. Qurban Mamut, an influential Uyghur editor had come to the United States for a visit but upon his return to Xinjiang in northwest China, he disappeared. Sintash later learned that his father had been swept up in China’s 2017 crackdown on Uyghurs and…

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Lü Hua

Chinese publisher Lü Hua is being held in pre-trial detention on accusations of extortion. Police in the city of Huanggang arrested Lü, founder of the independent news website Hubei Xinshidianwang, in late April, and held him incommunicado for more than a month. Lü founded Hubei Xinshidianwang (Hubei New Perspective Site), which reports on local crimes,…

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Lü Hua

Chinese publisher Lü Hua is being held in pre-trial detention on accusations of extortion. Police in the city of Huanggang arrested Lü, founder of the independent news website Hubei Xinshidianwang, in late April, and held him incommunicado for more than a month. Lü founded Hubei Xinshidianwang (Hubei New Perspective Site), which reports on local crimes,…

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This photo of Hugo Bustíos Saavedra was taken minutes before he was killed. Daniel Urresti Elera has been on trial for his alleged role in the murder. (Caretas)

Timeline: The 35-year road to justice for murdered journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra

When Hugo Bustíos Saavedra was killed in 1988, Peru’s government was embroiled in conflict with leftist guerilla groups, many civil liberties had been suspended, and efforts to seek justice in the journalist’s death seemed futile. CPJ and other press freedom groups unsuccessfully tried for years to pressure Peru’s government to investigate Bustíos’ murder, including by asking…

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A police officer is seen in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on June 7, 2022. Chinese publisher Lü Hua was recently arrested in Hubei.

Chinese publisher Lü Hua charged with extortion after reporting on alleged corruption

Washington, D.C., August 22, 2023—Chinese authorities should immediately release Lü Hua, founder and publisher of the independent news website Hubei Xinshidianwang (Hubei New Perspective Site), and respect media organizations’ right to report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On April 19, police arrested Lü in the city of Huanggang, in central Hubei province,…

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