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Cheng Lei: Journalist held in China says she misses sunshine (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, when my brother got locked up for years for weed possession before it was legalized and he never got a glowing article like this despite being a loving father as well. Doesn't the US do the same thing for spy and espionage stuff?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

There are also a couple “cop city” journalists who were arrested for domestic terrorism recently for, checks notes, reporting what the cops were doing to protestors

Nice!