China - Beijing-based documentary filmmaker held incommunicado

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Du Bin, a Beijing-based documentary filmmaker and former New York Times photographer, has been held incommunicado since 31 May. A newly-completed a documentary by Du Bin about a labour camp for women in Masanjia, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, was released in Hong Kong on 1 May. Entitled “Above the Ghosts' Heads: The Women of Masanjia Labour Camp,” the film is banned in mainland China. “The Chinese authorities must give their (...)

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