北海道大学

2023年4月25日

中国是排名倒数第二的国家囚禁媒体工作者,根据保护记者委员会rankingAFP中国当局正式起诉一位著名记者从事间谍活动,一年多后,他吃午饭时被拘留日本外交官,媒体权利组织说。东认为,资深专栏作家党报《光明日报》2022年2月被拘留的外交官在北京餐馆,根据周一发布的一份声明中他的家人,看到的保护记者委员会(保护记者委员会)。外交官几小时后被释放的质疑,去年日本外务省说。但是,61年,而被拘留。上个月,他的家人被告知,他将“间谍审判”,保护记者委员会说,引用家庭声明。“他的家人没有共享任何细节与公众对他的拘留了一年多,因为他们担心它会影响结果,”一位前同事告诉法新社。“他们希望莫须有的罪名会下降。”It is unclear when Dong's trial will take place. Under Chinese law, someone convicted of espionage can be jailed for three to 10 years for less severe cases or receive heavy punishment including life imprisonment for serious cases. Calls by AFP to the Guangming Daily office and the state prosecutor's office in Beijing went unanswered. Dong's work has been published in the Chinese editions of The New York Times and the Financial Times. He won the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University in 2006-2007. He was a visiting fellow at Keio University in Japan in 2010 and a visiting professor at Hokkaido University in 2014. "Chinese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release... Dong Yuyu and allow journalists to do their jobs reporting on China's domestic and foreign affairs," said CPJ's China representative Iris Hsu. "Speaking to foreign diplomats is crucial to journalists covering international news," Hsu added. "Going as far as trying Dong for espionage is absurd and cruel." Civil liberties and freedom of expression have dramatically receded in China under President Xi Jinping's decade-long tenure. The Communist Party maintains tight restrictions on domestic media outlets and Chinese nationals that work with foreign outlets are routinely harassed. China is the second-worst country for jailing media workers -- after Iran -- with 48 journalists behind bars as of December, according to a CPJ ranking. Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was detained in May 2020 for her coverage of China's initial response to the Covid outbreak in Wuhan. And earlier this month, two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for Xi to resign, were jailed for more than a decade. © Copyright AFP 2023. All rights reserved. IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Join the Discussion