The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.
All websites take note and delete the unauthorized foreign media report “17 Months of Torment for Pu Zhiqiang’s Wife Meng Qun.” (October 8, 2015) [Chinese]
A profile of Meng Qun, wife of detained and indicted rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, was published to the website of the Hong Kong-based journal Asia Weekly (亞洲週刊) last week. CDT has translated the online version of the profile in full.
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