Reporters Without Borders recently published a report accusing the Beijing authorities of imprisoning four Chinese journalists and asking the authorities to release the two who are still in custody.

(Bloomberg)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] At the end of last year, the "white paper revolution" protesting against the government's "clearing" epidemic prevention broke out in various parts of China. Many people who participated in the protest were arrested, and some of them are still missing. ) recently published a report accusing the Beijing authorities of imprisoning four Chinese journalists and demanding the release of two of them who are still in custody.

RSF pointed out that on November 27 last year, public demonstrations broke out in Liangmaqiao, Beijing, protesting against the government’s “clearing” policy. As a result, a few weeks after the incident, two journalists, including independent reporter Li Siqi and People magazine reporter Wang Xue, took the initiative to “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” ", "Gathering a crowd to disturb social order" and other charges, and is still in custody.

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In addition, RSF mentioned that in late December, two journalists were also arrested and detained on the same charge. They were Beijing News reporter Yang Liu and independent reporter Qin Ziyi. bail.

"It is chilling for the government to arrest and detain journalists just because they showed up at the protests," said Cédric Alviani, chief executive of RSF's East Asia office.

Evian also called on Beijing to release the two journalists Li and Wang, as well as journalists who are imprisoned and other defenders of press freedom, and drop the charges against them.

According to reports, since Chinese state leader Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, numerous "persecutions" have been launched against journalists, and online censorship and surveillance have been enforced to an even greater degree.

In Urumqi, Xinjiang, a house fire broke out on November 24 last year. Residents were locked in their homes and could not escape, causing heavy casualties. Since then, "blank paper revolutions" have occurred in many cities in China to protest against unreasonable policies.

Many people who participated in the demonstration were physically attacked by the police and even arrested, and their whereabouts are still unknown.