Wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer demands answers
14 April 2018 |
12:00 pm
Chinese authorities reportedly placed Li Wenzu, the wife of detained human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang under house arrest this week. Police cut short her 100 kilometer protest march to highlight her husband's plight.
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Two years ago, the Chinese city of Wuhan became the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic and its 11 million inhabitants were forced to stay home for 76 days. Today, not a single positive Covid-19 case has been reported in Wuhan for months and health rules there remain among the strictest in the country. Above all, authorities are focusing on their victory over the virus. According to the official version of events, the virus did not even originate in Wuhan but was imported from abroad. Our correspondents report.
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