Journalist held without trial in China said to need urgent medical attention

Advocates for a Chinese journalist and activist who has been held in detention without trial for almost 18 months have said she needs urgent medical attention. Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing, a labour rights activist, were detained in September 2021 and formally arrested a month later. They have been accused of inciting subversion of state power, and held in Guangzhou without access to family or lawyers. Advocates and human rights groups have said the pair should never have been arrested. This week they said information had been brought to them that raised concerns about Huang's health in particular. They said…