#MeToo activist and reporter covering Hong Kong protest detained: One Free Press Coalition

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MeToo activist and reporter covering Hong Kong protest detained: One Free Press Coalition

But for Chinese feminist and independent journalist Sophia Xueqin Huang, who was covering the Hong Kong protests, she will spend the season under"residential surveillance", said @FreeXueqin, a Twitter account set up to campaign for Ms Huang's release.

She also voiced how her pictures of the June 9 parade and comments she posted online about the protests had been censored on WeChat and Weibo. The Chinese journalist was a leading activist in China's #MeToo movement after she went public in 2017 about her experience with workplace sexual harassment. The alleged crime could mean five years in prison for the former Xinquaibao and Southern Metropolis Weekly investigative reporter.

For Kashmiriyat editor Qazi Shibli, it marks his fifth month in detainment. The 29-year-old disappeared on July 25, three months after police had accused him of publishing"anti-national" news articles, said HuffPost. According to Kashmir Walla, Mr Shibli was detained in connection with his tweets, which included the leaking of an official order regarding the deployment of additional paramilitary troopers across Jammu and Kashmir.

Esraa Abdel Fattah, Egypt At least seven journalists have been arrested in Egypt since anti-government protests began in September, including Ms Esraa Abdel Fattah, a reporter and social media coordinator focused on human rights violations for banned website Tahrir News. She was charged with spreading false news, membership in a banned group and abuse of social-media networks and jailed pending investigation.

 

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