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Journalist Dong Yuyu Ordered Back To Prison Labor
Veteran journalist Dong Yuyu, 64, was ordered to resume prison labor weeks after lung surgery. CPJ called for his immediate release on humanitarian grounds, citing a bogus espionage charge and declining health due to the tumor detected in May.
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"Dong Yuyu should not even be in prison on a bogus espionage charge. In March, Dong was transferred from Beijing No. 2 Prison, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the family's Beijing home, to Chaobai Prison in the southeastern city of Tianjin, about 168 kilometers (104 miles) away, his family told CPJ.