Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter
Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter

Human rights in China

China /  Politics

Chinese activist Lu Yuyu freed from prison after four years behind bars, lawyer says

  • Lu and partner Li Tingyu were charged in 2016 with ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ for publishing the daily Wickedonna blog about protests and demonstrations staged across China
  • Reporters Without Borders awarded the couple a Press Freedom prize later the same year

Topic |   Human rights in China
Keegan Elmer
Keegan Elmer in Beijing

Updated: 11:44am, 21 Jun, 2020

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Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter
Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu spent three years publishing a daily blog about protests and strikes happening around China. Photo: Twitter
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