Lhasa, July 24 (IANS) The detention of Zhang Yi, a Wuhan activist long monitored by the authorities in Tibet, has sparked concerns among Tibetan human rights activists and those who have followed his trajectory since the late 1980s. He was arrested on July 1 during his trip to Tibet after allegedly showing a picture of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on his phone. The opaque handling of the case and the arrest indicates that the first day of implementation of China’s new National Ethnic Unit…
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Paris, May 12 (IANS) A leading international media freedom organisation has urged the United States President Donald Trump to press for the release of the founder of Hong Kong ‘s Apple Daily newspaper and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai during his planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China this week.Expressing grave concern over his continued detention, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Lai’s health condition has significantly worsened after more than 1,950 days in deten…