Chinese whistleblowers remain missing after uploading videos of COVID-19 devastation

China’s attempt to conceal information has become a major concern amidst pandemic as two whistle-blowers, who revealed devastation of coronavirus in Wuhan, remain missing. Citizen journalists Chen Quishi and Fang Bin uploaded videos of impact of deadly virus in Wuhan, epicentre of coronavirus outbreak in China, and ir whereabouts remained unkwn since n.

Human rights lawyer Quishi uploaded several videos in which he captured foots of overwhelmed staff in Wuhan hospital due to staggering number of patients. In one of videos, he even said that he was “scared” because of getting stuck between devastation caused by virus and Chinese authorities. 

Quishi’s Weibo account was subsequently deleted on February 6 and lawyer’s family was told that he had been kept under “quarantine” despite COVID-19 symptoms. Pierre Haski, President of Reporters Without Borders, told a French daily that re is a scarcity of information on missing pair saying only certainty is y are in hands of Chinese authorities.

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Doctor went missing after interview

Last month, Australian TV current affairs programme 60 Minutes reported that Dr Ai Fen, head of emergency department at Wuhan Central hospital, was missing after she criticised information censorship in an interview. magazine containing interview was removed from newsstands and was deleted from magazine’s website.

While a video published on Weibo account of Ai Fen suggests that she is free to move, Reporters Without Borders said that it hopes video was t std by Chinese regime. organisation added that it remains concerned for journalists Chen Quishi and Fang Bin missing after investigating COVID-19.

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China, which has often faced allegations of human rights violations, ironically got entry into UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group on April 1. Chinese diplomat Jiang Duan has been appointed to represent Asia-Pacific region in Consultative Group of Human Rights Council (HRC), a 5-member UN body whose role is to evaluate candidates for posts of special rapporteurs, independent experts and members of working groups charged with investigating human rights violations.

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(Im source: AP)