China: Release jailed journalists and media workers now
Earlier this year, China arrested two ethnic Kazakh journalists in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, while jailed journalist and activist Sophie Huang Xueqin was sentenced to over five years in prison on June 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns China's legal attacks against the media and calls for the expedited release of all journalists in detention.
The IFJ said: "A free media cannot exist when journalists can be disappeared for months at a time, with no information as to their whereabouts or condition. While journalists and media workers in China continue to face arrests and detentions in opaque conditions, the constitutional right of press freedom is denigrated. The IFJ condemns the arrests and prolonged detentions of Chinese media professionals and calls for their immediate release."