Sentenced by Chinese authorities on 24 February 2020 on bogus espionage charges, publisher Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen, was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese regime. Despite his only daughter’s continued fight for his freedom, the Chinese authorities have given no updates on his whereabouts in five years.
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One of the founders of Mighty Current, a publishing house known for its investigations into Chinese politics, Gui Minhai has become an emblematic figure among the 124 journalists and press freedom defenders currently detained in China. He wrote and published books on politically sensitive topics, a crime in the eyes of the Chinese regime which abducted Gui Minhai in Thailand before sentencing him to 10 years in prison on bogus espionage charges.
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“By not acting strongly enough, the international community has allowed the Chinese regime to assume they have the right to kidnap citizens of whichever country — anywhere in the world — arbitrarily detain them, and deny their right to consular protection. We call on the Swedish government and EU Member States to increase pressure on Beijing, and do everything in their power to ensure the detained publisher’s fate and whereabouts are made public — and that he is finally released." – Antoine Bernard, Director of Advocacy and Assistance, Reporters Without Borders
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Ranked 172nd out of 180 countries and territories in the 2024 RSF World Press Freedom Index, China is the world’s largest jailer of journalists and press freedom defenders.
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