China - Jailed netizen with cancer needs proper medical treatment

Reporters without borders

In the name of respect for human dignity, Reporters Without Borders calls for the jailed netizen and activist Ni Yulan to be transferred at once to a hospital capable of treating her thyroid cancer properly. Ni's daughter voiced concern about her health yesterday after visiting her in a Beijing prison on 19 October. "Jailing Ni Yulan again was already evidence of judicial persecution but refusing to transfer her to a proper hospital would be an act of unacceptable cruelty," Reporters (...)

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