China accuses respected journalist Dong Yuyu, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, of espionage | Nieman Foundation
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Journalist Dong Yuyu, a veteran editor and columnist at the Chinese Communist Party newspaper Guangming Daily, is facing espionage charges in Beijing. He was a member of the 2007 class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. Dong, who often met with foreign diplomats, academics and journalists in the course of his work, was detained on […]

Dong Yuyu, who often met with foreign diplomats, academics and journalists in the course of his work, was detained on February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat at a hotel in Beijing. His family was notified in March 2023 that his case would be sent to trial, though the charges remain unclear.

  • pancake
    3·
    1 year ago

    You can accuse anyone of anything and start a trial, that’s how the justice system works.

    • 0x815@feddit.deOP
      71·
      1 year ago

      that’s how the justice system works.

      After more than a year in detention, the charges are still unclear. This appears to be another trial behind closed doors, which means that not even his laywer will know what exactly the charges are. It’s hard to defend oneself if you don’t know what you are accused of.