#Beijing high court on 13 Nov. rejected senior columnist #DongYuyu 's appeal to overturn his 7-year espionage sentence. His family called the court decision persecution and his lawyer indicated there is no evidence to support the charge.
Via wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/7.html

在中国，“敏感”意味着什么？
本期民间档案馆简报，探讨了改革开放时期的经典著作《政治中国》。

chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/d5a

What does it mean for something to be "sensitive" in China? This week's newsletter analyzes the classic tract from the Reform Era: "Political China" (edited by the now-imprisoned journalist #dongyuyu)

100+ Global Journalism Leaders Urge China to Free Journalist Dong Yuyu WASHINGTON, April 23 — Today, more than 100 prominent figures from the global journalism and media community released an open letter in support of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, calling for his immedia...

Great initiative from
#China journalists, editors, writers, National Press Club calling on #XiJinping govt to free #DongYuyu. Journalism is not a crime!

www.press.org/newsroom/100...

中國媒體人見日外交官 遭北京法院以間諜罪判刑7年 ｜ 公視新聞網 PNN 中國媒體人董郁玉前（2022）年因為會見日本外交官，被北京警方以間諜罪逮捕；北京法院上（11）月判處董郁玉7年有期徒刑，引發美國與日本政府批評。而壹傳媒創辦人黎智英涉犯《國安法》的官司，則獲得前壹傳媒董事柯立福在美國跨海聲援，請看公視國際記者方子齊來自華府的報導。

Speaking with PTS about the ongoing trial of Hong Kong publisher #JimmyLai and sentencing of Chinese journalist #DongYuyu to 7 years just for meeting with a diplomat. #Taiwan can help and should help all reporters looking for refuge from the oppressive Chinese regime.
news.pts.org.tw/article/728429

Wonder what's the point of appeal?
Why bother with the CCP-dependent judicial system in #China?
An appeal allows #DongYuyu lawyers to access his files, request visiting him in the dark cell. Access allows family to gain info about his conditions behind bars. That's valuable for the victim.

一审获刑7年的原《光明日报》评论部副主任董郁玉不服判决 已向北京市高院提出上诉 维权网敬启：相关媒体在采纳和引用本网报道时请务必注明出处！此为本网官方博客，维权网推特:@weiquanwang，维权网邮箱：wqw2011@gmail.com 谢谢支持！

Veteran journalist and commentator #DongYuyu has formally appealed his sentence with Beijing High Court. He was handed a 7-year sentence on "espionage" charge in late Nov., after spending 31 months in detention, including 6 in #RSDL.
🔗 wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/12/7.ht...

Who is #DongYuyu?
Journalist in #China, in jail serving 7 yrs, charged by the gov for "espionage."
Jailing journalists for spying isn't new. Using trumped-up charges to silence journalists, academics, writers, critics has become more common. Why? To lower numbers of #POC.
tenchu.org/pocd/public/...

China sentences former journalist to seven years for espionage Dong Yuyu, a senior staffer at the Guangming Daily and a Harvard Nieman Fellow, has been detained since 2022.

Given China's primarily non-militaristic approach to foreign policy + the Russian invasion + the US/Israeli genocide, China has a great opportunity to take a lead in world affairs but not with such a heavy handed approach to journalists and dissenting voices #DongYuyu:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

China sentences journalist to seven years on spy charges, family says Dong Yuyu was detained in 2022 after meeting Japanese diplomats named agents of ‘espionage organisation’

We are deeply concerned by news that #China journalist #DongYuyu has been sentenced to seven years in prison on espionage changes. He must be released:
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...