A year ago today, on April 13, 2023, lawyer Yu Wensheng 余文生 and his wife Xu Yan 余文生律师妻子许艳 were detained and subsequently arrested on their way to the EU Mission in Beijing. Today, EU Delegation to China posted a video on Weibo, calling for immediate release of the couple.

2023年4月13日， #人权律师 #余文生 及其妻子、人权活动家 #许艳 遭到当局拘捕。

在两人被捕一周年之际，自由之家与国际特赦组织 Amnesty International，保护卫士Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士)，中国人权捍卫者CHRD人权捍卫者 及其他20余家机构发布联合声明，要求当局立即并无条件释放余文生和许艳。 freedomhouse.org/article/china-…

China: Exactly 1 year ago human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, Xu Yan were detained on their way to the EU Delegation in Beijing.

The EU calls for their immediate & unconditional release.

#FreeYuWensheng #EU4HumanRights
👉 europa.eu/!NYrwJM

I am safe. But so many #HongKong journalists aren’t. It is crucial that we keep up the fight for #PressFreedom .

Thank you to my RSF team and colleagues around the world for your support & concern about my well-being following my recent detention and deportation from HK.

We, along with 27 other NGOs, call for the immediate release of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist, Xu Yan. Tomorrow, 13 April, marks the first anniversary of their detention. tinyurl.com/58xc5vk3 Amnesty International

CHINA HACKED CZECH EU PRESIDENCY:

I-Soon is a Chinese cyber espionage company working as a contractor of Chinese intelligence.

In May 2022, these Chinese hackers attacked Czech Foreign Ministry and clearly stole internal documents related to Czech EU Presidency.

Those were…

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#ChasingFoxHunt #StayTuned

Another Portuguese citizen sentenced in China/Hong Kong for obvious political crimes. #JustinJosephJohn ( #WongKinChung ) first Portuguese sentenced under HK's #NSL .

For another one, sentenced in 2022, see here what Portugal did then (not much).

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Live now - European Parliament on Chinese police activity in Europe: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/hom…

Chinese state media finally acknowledges Gui Minhai is a Swedish citizen!

Remarkable Freudian slip by Global Times, when comparing Gui to the Chinese journalist who is being deported from Sweden. globaltimes.cn/page/202404/13…

Real or scam, it’s crucial individuals targeted by (purported) PRC authorities abroad report asap to local police in countries of residence! If you can safely do so, make record of approach. Under no circumstance should you provide ID, money or any other personal information‼️

China's #GlobalTimes refers to Hong Kong Watch, Safeguard Defenders, Human Rights Watch, The 29 Principles and others as 'Tumors', and it's earlier statement a 'barbaric intervention'.

Building bridges :)

一名在中国饱受酷刑折磨的年长维权律师终于获释

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Elderly Chinese rights lawyer who was tortured in detention is finally free

safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/elderl…

🧵1/8 Our UN expert opinion on Hong Kong's new national security law is now public. The law creates offences of treason, secession, sedition, insurrection, mutiny, disaffection, subversion, sabotage, state secrets, & external interference. Our concerns: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

#李昱函 ，一位74岁的人权律师，在被囚禁6.5年后重获自由。我们调查了李昱函是如何涉足人权法领域，以及 #中国 警方为什么想要把她关起来。
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#LiYuhan , a 74-year-old human rights lawyer has been freed from #Chinese jail after 6.5 years. We looked into how Li got into human rights law and why police wanted her locked up.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/elderl…

In their efforts to pressure 李老师不是你老师 into stopping his activism, PRC authorities now taking the physical harassment of his parents to cybersphere, with a bot army mocking his father’s condition and slandering his mother.

#CollectivePunishment #TransnationalRepression

“This case serves as a reminder of the ends to which the Chinese government is willing to go to target and intimidate its critics, including launching malicious cyber operations aimed at threatening the national security of the U.S. and our allies.”
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保护卫士很高兴得知 #中国 #人权律师 #李昱函 已经刑满释放。她被判六年半很可能是因为她努力捍卫另一位女性人权律师 #王宇 。 #李昱函 已经75岁，行动不便，需要搀扶 。wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/66.htm…