CPJ, partners urge China to ensure #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang’s freedom as jail term nears end
CPJ and 60 groups say Huang should be freed without surveillance or retaliation as she nears the end of a five-year sentence.
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China: Ensure Sophia Huang Xueqin’s Release and Guarantee Her Freedom from Arbitrary Restrictions
China: Ensure Sophia Huang Xueqin’s Release and Guarantee Her Freedom from Arbitrary Restrictions zevans@freedom… Tue, 09/15/2026 - 12:59 Type Joint Statement Countries China Issues Countering Authoritarianism Page blocks As journalist and prominent #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin approaches the end of her unjust five-year prison sentence, we, the undersigned civil society organizations, call on the Chinese authorities to ensure her i…
CPJ, partners urge China to ensure #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang’s freedom as jail term nears end
New York, September 15, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations call on the Chinese authorities to ensure journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin is freed without any arbitrary restrictions, as she approaches the end of a five-year prison sentence. Huang, whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped spark China’s #MeToo movement, is due...
Joint statement: Authorities must release Sophia Huang Xueqin
On 15 September 2026, The Rights Practice signed a joint statement, along with 60 other organisations, urging Chinese authorities to immediately release Huang Xueqin and allow her to resume her journalism and human rights work.
Journalist and #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin is due to be released on 18 September after serving an unjust five-year prison sentence. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, together with the undersigned organizations, call on the Chinese authorities to ensure her immediate release and guaran…
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