Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong Kong Security Law ‘Tortured’


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Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong Kong Security Law ‘Tortured’ Radio Free Asia reports Guangzhou-based rights activist Zhang Wuzhou has been subjected to torture in detention after she opposed Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, according to her son. Zhang was held after she posed for photos at Guangdong’s Baiyunshan scenic area on the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, holding up a slogan that read “Withdraw the draconian law!” She then uploaded the photos to her account on the tightly censored Chinese social media platform WeChat. She stood trial at the Qingyuan Municipal People’s...