1/ HRF joins 90+ NGOs and press freedom organizations in standing up against the arbitrary detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped in Thailand by Chinese state agents on Oct. 17, 2015.#FreeGuiMinhai

2/ Gui Minhai, co-founder of Mighty Current — a Hong Kong publishing house known for its politically sensitive investigations — was forcibly disappeared on Oct. 17, 2015, and later sentenced by the Chinese regime to 10 years in prison on fabricated espionage charges. He has not been seen or heard from in more than five years.

3/ HRF stands with the global coalition demanding Gui Minhai’s immediate and unconditional release and urges the EU and Swedish government to apply serious political pressure on Beijing to end this injustice. #FreeGuiMinhai

Read the joint statement here: (RSF)