China: Journalist re-arrested on public order offences
November 29, 2024
November 29, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 29 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists issued the following news release:
Zhang was arrested on November 18 by the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a broadly defined charge used against critics of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhang had travelled to the inland province of Gansu in August to provide legal assistance to Zhang Bancheng, an arrest . . .
Zhang was arrested on November 18 by the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a broadly defined charge used against critics of the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhang had travelled to the inland province of Gansu in August to provide legal assistance to Zhang Bancheng, an arrest . . .