March 29, NY: Chinese police on Sunday arrested two brothers and a sister of journalist Zhang Ping, who lives in Germany, from his family's hometown, the journalist told CPJ. The arrests came a week after Zhang published an article decrying the disappearance of another Chinese journalist. Zhang told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he believes police arrested his siblings in retaliation for his work. Zhang, who is better known by his pen name Chang Ping, is a Germany-based columnist for the Chinese-language site of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. On March 19, he published an article criticizing the detention of fellow...
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