Yutong Su
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Yutong Su (Chinese: 苏雨桐) is a Chinese journalist, writer[1] and human rights activist.[2]
Biography[edit]
According to her interview to Amnesty International, she worked as a journalist in China for four years. She left her job to become an activist online, alleging the authorites didn't allow to report the truth. She also assisted to defend vulnerable groups their rights, especially on water pollution and HIV/AIDS through blood transfusions. She organised, in solidarity with the human rights lawyer Ni Yulan, against the Vice Minister Wu Hao of the Yunnan Provincial Propaganda Department. She was involved in commemorating Tiananmen crackdown and participated in solidarity actions for human rights defenders. As a consequence she was kept under surveillance and periodically placed under house arrest. In 2010, she distributed Li Peng's Diary which were banned by the authorites. Subsequently her home was raided and documents were confiscated by the police. In 2010 her accounts at Sina were deleted under order from Beijing security department. With the help of international NGOs and friends, she managed to leave the country to Germany, where she continued involving her human rights work and different solidarity actions, in particular artist Ai Weiwei.[3]
Career[edit]
In 2010 she started working in Bonn with Deutsche Welle (DW), the German International public TV.
When on 4 July 2014 a Beijing-based media consultant criticised in DW that some Western media were unfairly critical of the Chinese government crushing of the Tiananmen demonstrations. On 19 August 2019 DW decided to not continue the cooperation with her.[4][5]
The New York Times (21 August 2014) and the German Journalists Association DJV (11 September 2014)[6] criticized this decision of DW.
Yutong Su is currently working for Radio Free Asia (RFA).
References[edit]
- ^ "苏雨桐：中国记者的理想还在" [Su Yutong : Chinese journalists' ideal still exist]. Amnesty International (in Simplified Chinese). November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
目前旅居德国的自由记者、作家苏雨桐
[Su Yutong a freelance reporter and writer currently stayed in Germany] - ^ 兵, 叶 (June 23, 2023). "为民请命季孝龙怼李强陷"文字狱" "厕所革命"发起人反封城被 "寻滋罪"". Voice of America (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
...在德国的媒体人、人权活动家苏雨桐发推...
[Media personality based in Germany and Human Rights Activist Su Yutong tweeted...] - ^ "China: For activists, the internet is like dancing in shackles". Amnesty.org. 2012-05-03. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Streit übers Tiananmen-Massaker: Deutsche Welle trennt sich von chinesischer Mitarbeiterin". Spiegel.de. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "China-Redaktion: Beschäftigungsverhältnis mit Freier Mitarbeiterin beendet". Deutsche Welle.de. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Kotau vor China?". DJV.de. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
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