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‘Like being buried alive’: Australian journalist Cheng Lei on life in a Chinese prison

TV reporter reveals she was arrested for breaking an embargo by a few minutes, and talks about how she survived months in solitary confinement

The Guardian - AU

Detained Australian journalist released by China

Cheng Lei has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her family after Chinese authorities released the Australian journalist from detention.

AAP

Australian journalist jailed in China says she only gets sunlight for 10 hours a year

‘In my cell, the sunlight shines through the window but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year’

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PM won’t make journalist’s release a condition of trip – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Cheng Lei: journalist detained in China says she longs for sunlight, outdoors and family in ‘love letter’ to Australia

The former television anchor says ‘I haven’t seen a tree in three years’ but ‘most of all I miss my children’

The Guardian - AU

Ongoing detention of Cheng Lei without verdict ‘damages China’s standing’ worldwide, partner says

Dfat calls for China to exercise ‘basic standards of justice’ in case of Australian journalist detained since 2020 over national security-related accusations

The Guardian - AU

Australian journalist nears 1,000 days in detention in China on state secrets charge

Politicians, business people and friends of Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who will reach 1,000 days of detention in Beijing on Wednesday, called for a faster resolution of her case as diplomatic ties between the trade partners stabilise.

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Cheng Lei's partner urges Victorian Premier Dan Andrews to raise her case with Chinese officials

The partner of a Melbourne woman detained in Beijing for more than two-and-a-half years says Victorian Premier Dan Andrews must raise her plight on an ice-breaking trip to China this week.

ABC News

Australia 'deeply troubled' by Chinese espionage case

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government is “deeply troubled” by the delays in China resolving espionage allegations against Chinese-Australian writer and blogger Yang Hengjun

The Independent UK

Partner of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei hopeful of ‘compassionate and speedy resolution’

Nick Coyle said it was positive that prime minister Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong had raised her case with their Chinese counterparts

The Guardian - AU

Cheng Lei: Australian PM asks China to give journalist detained in Beijing access to her children

Chen Lei’s access to her family is ‘virtually nonexistent,’ her partner says

The Independent UK

Australia urges China to allow detained mom to speak to kids

Australia’s prime minister has urged China to allow detained Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei to make her first contact with her children in more than two years

The Independent UK

Detained Australian journalist ‘banned from speaking to family’ as health deteriorates in Chinese prison

Mother of two Cheng Lei was detained in 2020 and has now been refused even consular visits, her partner says

The Independent UK

The Loop: Cheng Lei's partner speaks out, four killed in Tulsa shooting, an emotional State of Origin call-up

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Journalist detained in China denied calls, partner says

The Australian partner of a journalist who has been detained in China for nearly two years says she is being denied the chance to speak with her family and consular staff, and her health is declining due to a poor prison diet

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Cheng Lei's partner Nick Coyle breaks his silence about her detention in China

The partner of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei has broken his silence for the first time, revealing her consular access in China has been cut off.

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