CPJ, partners call on Thailand not to deport detained journalist Bai Zhaodong to China |
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined 58 other press freedom and civil society organizations in calling on Thailand to halt the forcible return of detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to. . .
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined 58 other press freedom and civil society organizations in calling on Thailand to halt the forcible return of detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China. Bai, a former reporter with Caijing magazine and an investigative journalist for over 25 years, has beenheldin immigration detention in Thailand since January 26, 2026. The letter says he faces “a grave, foreseeable, personal, and real risk of political persecution, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and other serious human rights violations” ifdeportedto China. In September 2024, Yulin City’s Security Bureauissueda warrant for his arrest on charges of “extortion” after his reporting exposed an alleged corruption and financial fraud network involving local government and Chinese Communist Party officials. Bai has faced sustained harassment for his investigative reporting on official corruption and fraud, including surveillance, intimidation, interrogation and detention, according to the joint letter. It calls on the Thai government to “halt any deportation or forcible return” of Bai to China and to facilitate his “safe transfer to a third country willing to provide him with international protection. ”Read the full letterhere. This content originally appeared onCommittee to Protect Journalistsand was authored by CPJ Staff.