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John Sudworth

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"Someone with a serious political prejudice and a mental issue" - The Global Times. "The BBC's John Sudworth pressed on" - The Wall Street Journal.

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It's great that Roger Waters ✊ can criticize US media and US foreign policy. That's his freedom of speech. But for every Communist Party employed media worker, like his interviewer here, there are thousands of Chinese people who've been silenced. That's the difference.

It's great that <a href="/rogerwaters/">Roger Waters ✊</a> can criticize US media and US foreign policy. That's his freedom of speech. But for every Communist Party employed media worker, like his interviewer here, there are thousands of Chinese people who've been silenced. That's the difference.
Iris Hsu (@irisynh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Among the silenced is CGTN’s news anchor Cheng Lei, who has been detained since August 2020. Chinese authorities never disclosed the reasons for her arrest. She was never given a fair trial. And her family @FreeChengLei just want her home.

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These cadre pics of village meetings for families of the detained changed me. When I saw them, I knew something unspeakable was happening in Uyghur communities, and I vowed to document every thread of evidence I could find UN Human Rights

These cadre pics of village meetings for families of the detained changed me. When I saw  them, I knew something unspeakable was happening in Uyghur communities, and I vowed to document every thread of evidence I could find <a href="/UNHumanRights/">UN Human Rights</a>
John Sudworth (@thejohnsudworth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No journalist should be treated like this for doing their job. Arrest of my BBC colleague Edward Lawrence suggests a growing threat to all independent journos in China at a time when they’ve never been more vital