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| French journalist facing expulsion from China | |
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| China is set to expel a French journalist who questioned its treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority in the north-western region of Xinjiang, her employer, the weekly l’Obs news magazine, has said. | |
| Related: Foreign authors warned about book censorship in China | Related: Foreign authors warned about book censorship in China |
| Ursula Gauthier, the magazine’s Beijing correspondent, needs to leave China by 31 December after authorities refused to renew her visa. | Ursula Gauthier, the magazine’s Beijing correspondent, needs to leave China by 31 December after authorities refused to renew her visa. |
| Shortly after publishing a story that suggested China was using the Paris attacks to justify crackdowns on Uighur people, Gauthier was the subject of editorials in state-controlled media and even death threats, L’Obs said. | Shortly after publishing a story that suggested China was using the Paris attacks to justify crackdowns on Uighur people, Gauthier was the subject of editorials in state-controlled media and even death threats, L’Obs said. |
| Several media reported that the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs had asked her to publicly withdraw her report. | Several media reported that the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs had asked her to publicly withdraw her report. |
| L’Obs, which changed its name from Le Nouvel Observateur in October 2014, stood by its correspondent. | L’Obs, which changed its name from Le Nouvel Observateur in October 2014, stood by its correspondent. |
| It wrote in an editorial that her eviction represented a “major incident” at a time when France and China were strengthening their economic, cultural and diplomatic ties. | It wrote in an editorial that her eviction represented a “major incident” at a time when France and China were strengthening their economic, cultural and diplomatic ties. |
| The French foreign ministry on Friday issued a terse statement in which it regretted that her visa was not renewed. It said: “France would like to remind how important it is for journalists to be able to work everywhere in the world.” | The French foreign ministry on Friday issued a terse statement in which it regretted that her visa was not renewed. It said: “France would like to remind how important it is for journalists to be able to work everywhere in the world.” |