Journalist
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Australian Journalist facing Spy allegation In China
Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei. Ms. Cheng, as per reports, is accused of smuggling national secrets out of the country. Her family maintains that she is not guilty. Prior to her detention in August 2020, the Chinese-born Australian worked for the Chinese state-run media…
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Chinese Journalist Imprisoned For Covering Wuhan Covid “Might Not Survive”
A citizen journalist imprisoned in Wuhan for covering China’s early response to Covid has gone on hunger strike, according to her family, triggering increased calls from rights groups for her quick release. In February 2020, Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, traveled to Wuhan to report on the pandemonium in the epicenter of the pandemic, questioning…