China: Prominent blogger missing

Tuesday 29 March 2011 The Chinese authorities must reveal the whereabouts of a political blogger and commentator who has not been seen since Sunday and is believed to be detained, Amnesty International said today. Chinese-born former diplomat Yang Hengjun, an Australian national, informed his blog administrator in a phone call on Sunday that he was at Guangzhou Airport in southern China, being followed by three men.  Since then, those close to him have told Amnesty International that he has been detained by the Chinese authorities, although his whereabouts are unknown.  “Yang Hengjun’s…

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