Citizen Journalist ‘Forcibly Quarantined’ in China

A global rights watch body said on Monday that a citizen journalist, who was reporting on fatal coronavirus from China, has gone “missing”.

The journalist, identified as Chen Qiushi, was “forcibly quarantined”, Amnesty International said in a Twitter post, quoting his friends.

Chen had been reporting about the outbreak of deadly coronavirus — which originated in Wuhan city of China.

“China must not use quarantine as a political tool to censor reporting on the coronavirus. If Chen Qiushi is in quarantine, the authorities must immediately reveal his whereabouts,” Amnesty said.

“Friends & media have been unable to find him at police stations or hospitals in Wuhan,” William Nee, an analyst with Amnesty based in Hong Kong, said in a Twitter post. (AA)