Call for release of journalist Li Yuanlong
Reporters Without Borders
January 31, 2006
Reporters Without Borders urged the release of journalist Li Yuanlong, who was arrested on 29 September 2005 by members of the security bureau in Guizhou province in south-west China, after posting articles online exposing local people’s wretched living standards.
“We are outraged by this arrest”, said Reporters Without Borders. “This latest censorship proves the Chinese authorities’ unease over escalating social problems.”
The 45-year-old journalist on Bijie Ribao was on his way to work in the town of Bijie when he was picked up by the security bureau. His home, which was already under surveillance before his arrest, was immediately searched.
His wife, Yang Nushi and his son have not received any news about him and have not been allowed to visit him in prison in Bijie. “He was already in very poor health,” said his wife, who fears he will not survive his prison conditions.
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