Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Chinese regime to immediately release independent journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao, who were apprehended by police this week following their investigation into corruption by local authorities.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/50241951

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Wu Yingjiao and Liu Hu, two independent journalists, were taken into custody by local police on 1 February 2026 on charges of “making false accusations” and “illegal business operations. Their detention followed the publication of an investigative report they co-authored on the Chinese social media WeChat on 29 January 2026, which reportedly exposed the corruption of Pu Fayou, the Party Secretary for Pujiang County, located in the province of Sichuan. The article has since been deleted from WeChat.

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  • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    @QinShiHuangsShlong@hexbear.net

    The whatabouter is you here.

    Holding back with an assessment of the case and waiting for the results? The results will be published by the same party that holds them imprisoned, and these stories are well known in China.

    The journalists who investigated the corruption are detained, while the official walks free. As the article also says, one of them has already been detained in 2013 for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” - an euphemism for expressing an opinion against the party line - and for allegedly “fabricating and spreading rumours,” but was later released on bail after spending a year in detention - just for publishing the truth.

    • QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.mlEnglish
      22·
      19 hours ago

      The results will be published by the same party that holds them imprisoned

      That’s how being arrested works. The state detains you Investigates and then you are put on trial. What is your point with this?