Chen Pinlin: China sentences filmmaker 3.5 years in jail for documentary on Covid lockdown protests
1 day, 23 hours ago

Chen Pinlin: China sentences filmmaker 3.5 years in jail for documentary on Covid lockdown protests

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Chinese documentary filmmaker has been sentenced to over three years in prison for producing a documentary on China’s crackdown on nationwide protests against the Covid lockdown in 2023, according to Chinese human rights news websites. Chen Pinlin, who is known by his stage name “Plato”, was first detained on 29 November 2023 and was formally arrested on 5 January 2024 by the Shanghai police for releasing his documentary Urumqi Middle Road on the one-year anniversary of the White Paper Movement. The White Paper Movement or Blank Paper Revolution was a series of protests that emerged in China in late 2022 during which thousands of demonstrators displayed blank sheets of paper – a symbol of censorship - to express their frustration against the country’s strict "zero-Covid" policy. open image in gallery Protesters hold up blank pieces of paper and chant slogans as they march to protest strict anti-virus measures in Beijing Releasing the documentary he said: “I hope to explore why, whenever internal conflicts arise in China, foreign forces are always made the scapegoat.

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A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison
3 days, 6 hours ago

A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he’s sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese filmmaker has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his documentary about China’s nationwide protests against Covid lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public memories of stunning scenes of dissent against its handling of the pandemic. Chen, who goes by the name “Plato,” was detained by Shanghai police in November …

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The whereabouts of a Chinese …

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a vaguely …

Chinese ‘citizen journalist’ who reported on COVID-19 to be released after 3 years
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese ‘citizen journalist’ who reported on COVID-19 to be released after 3 years

The Hindu  

Chinese authorities were preparing on April 30 to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on …

What’s next for China’s anti-lockdown protests?
2 years, 1 month ago

What’s next for China’s anti-lockdown protests?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, December 1 at 19:30 GMT: Nearly three years into the pandemic, China continues to enforce strict lockdowns under its “zero-COVID” strategy. Public anger over COVID restrictions has erupted into protests in major cities, and while China has kept its case numbers low compared to other nations, critics including the World Health Organization, believe that government measures have been …

A timeline of Covid-related protests in China
2 years, 1 month ago

A timeline of Covid-related protests in China

New Indian Express  

And those frustrations have now spilt onto the streets of some of China's biggest cities as protesters call for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms. Campus protests In May, hundreds of students at one campus of the elite Peking University in Beijing protested against strict lockdown measures that allowed more freedom of movement for staff than students. Henan …

China COVID-19: People intensify protest against stringent lockdowns as govt tries to tackle sharp rise in cases
2 years, 1 month ago

China COVID-19: People intensify protest against stringent lockdowns as govt tries to tackle sharp rise in cases

Firstpost  

Chinese social media and Twitter have many videos of public protests, including a mass demonstration in Shanghai where people in a rare display of anger shouted slogans against the ruling Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping Beijing: Rare public protests opposing China’s stringent Covid lockdowns intensified in the country, while coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply with close …

China erupts into massive protests against zero-Covid policy after deadly Xinjiang fire | WATCH
2 years, 1 month ago

China erupts into massive protests against zero-Covid policy after deadly Xinjiang fire | WATCH

India TV News  

China protests : Massive protests erupted in several parts of China in response to the latest restrictions imposed by the government to curb the spread of Covid. China eases Covid lockdown restrictions Earlier Saturday, authorities in the Xinjiang region opened up some neighbourhoods in Urumqi after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city's draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted …

Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
2 years, 9 months ago

Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise

Associated Press  

BEIJING — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. A city official last week apologized in response to complaints over the government’s handling of the lockdown, and a …

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