China - Investigative journalist and freelance writer held

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of investigative journalist Yin Yusheng and freelance writer Jiang Lijun, regarding their detention as designed to intensify government intimidation of dissident journalists. Currently held at a detention centre in Zhengzhou (in Henan province), Yin was arrested in the northeastern city of Dalian on 21 June in connection with his participation in a homage in February to former Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang, who was fired as party general (...)

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