Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL6635):
Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding recent reports that Chinese citizens who attempted to report on the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 have (1) disappeared, or (2) been imprisoned. (HL6635)
Tabled on: 04 March 2022
Answer:
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon:
We regularly raise our concerns about restrictions on media freedom – including the detention of journalists – with the Chinese authorities. In December, the UK’s Human Rights Ambassador urged China to free all journalists detained for their reporting, and in particular called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was jailed after reporting about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.
Date and time of answer: 18 Mar 2022 at 14:
