8 June 2005

TAKE ACTION! CHINA: HONG KONG JOURNALIST DETAINED


7 June 2005

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and Reporters Without Borders are asking press freedom advocates to sign an online petition calling on Chinese authorities to immediately release journalist Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's "Straits Times."

Ching Cheong, 55, was detained in China on 22 April 2005 and may face charges of stealing state secrets. He had traveled to China to collect documents connected with the former Communist Party leader, Zhao Ziyang, who died in January while under house arrest.

Sign the petition here: http://www.petition-chingcheong.org

For more information on the case, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/04/international/asia/04china.html


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