China - EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist's forced confession

Reporters without borders

Police cite Xiang Nanfu's “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole While welcoming freelance journalist Xiang Nanfu's release, announced yesterday, Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Council to sanction state-owned CCTV13's executives for violating his right to a fair trial by broadcasting his forced confession in order to incriminate him. Xiang wrote about land confiscation and organ trafficking for the US-based Chinese-language news website Boxun. When he was arrested (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mercredi 20 août 2014