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Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭

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Advocacy Manager at Reporters Without Borders & President of RSF Taiwan Chapter / Human Rights, Press Freedom, Taiwan, China & Hong Kong / Formerly Correspondent for PAP / views expressed are my own @rsf.org & @rsf-chinese.bsky.social

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Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 27m

Grateful to all MEPs who supported and worked this resolution. The European Parliament again calls on #China to free Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped in Thailand ten years ago. We’ll keep fighting until he’s finally released from prison. #FreeGuiMinhai

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Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 8d

Read our newest investigation. RSF tested three of China’s main chatbots, which use a generative AI built on large language models. Their technical skills rival those of the US-made ChatGPT, but their built‑in propaganda and censorship are as unavoidable as they are frightening.

Controlling information in the age of AI: how state propaganda and censorship are baked into Chinese chatbots

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) tested three of China’s main chatbots, which use a generative AI built on large language models. Their technical skills rival those of the US-made ChatGPT, but their bu...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 13d

Zhang Zhan was so weak she needed support entering the courtroom for her trial last week, where she was again sentenced to four years in prison. Her health has been severely affected by hunger strikes she undertakes to protest persecution. She does not belong in prison. #FreeZhangZhan

China: COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced again to 4 years in prison

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the new four-year prison sentence handed to journalist Zhang Zhan on trumped-up charges, and urges the international community to intensify pressure o...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 15d

🌏 255 journalists are standing with Frenchie Mae Cumpio! In an unprecedented show of solidarity, media groups including RSF, CPJ, FPU, NUJP, and AlterMidya are calling on President Marcos Jr. to release her. An attack on one journalist is an attack on press freedom everywhere. #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio

Philippines: More than 250 prominent journalists from around the world call for Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s immediate release

Prominent journalists from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition in signing an unprecedented joint letter to Philippine President Ferdin...

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CHRD人权捍卫者 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 17d

据维权网报道，8月11日，湖南株洲自媒体人 #尹建根被跨省抓捕。
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尹建根，长期关注民生问题，为维权人士发声；
2025年8月11日，因发文批评安徽省和县历阳镇党委书记，被和县警方跨省抓捕；
2025年9月15日，被以涉嫌 #寻衅滋事罪正式批捕。

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 17d

Still shocked and outraged by Zhang Zhan’s baseless 4-year sentence. She should be honoured as an “information hero,” not locked in brutal prison conditions. The world must keep pressing Beijing for her immediate release. #FreeZhangZhan

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Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says

A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.

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Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 18d

Utterly appalling. Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to 4 yrs according to RSF sources. She was 1st jailed for reporting on COVID-19, then re-arrested for covering rights abuses. Diplomats were barred from her trial, with all details concealed. Her persecution must end. #FreeZhangZhan

COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan will be tried this week in China, RSF calls on international community to act

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan spent four years in prison for breaking some of the earliest COVID-19 stories from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus took hold. Now, she is about to be tried in the...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 19d

This Friday marked 4 years since journalist Huang Xueqin was detained. She’s serving 5 years for “inciting subversion.” She doesn’t belong in jail. #FreeHuangXueqin

Read her landmark report on sexual harassment now available in English www.circle19.org/2018-the-rep...

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无国界记者 - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) @rsf-chinese.bsky.social · 21d

❗ #中国：根据无国界记者的消息来源，记者张展将于本周在上海受审。她因报道新冠疫情而首次入狱，一年前又因揭露人权侵害事件再度被捕。国际外交界必须动员争取让她获释 — #释放张展！

中国新冠疫情记者张展将于本周受审，无国界记者呼吁国际社会采取行动

在病毒开始蔓延的武汉市，中国记者张展曾发出新冠疫情最早的部分报道，并因此入狱服刑四年。她在一年前因当局新捏造的罪名而再度被捕，根据无国界记者（RSF）所掌握信息，她即将在上海市受审。无国界记者敦促国际外交界立即动员确保其安全，并要求当局将她从牢中释放。

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 19d

Diplomats and journalists were barred from Zhang Zhan’s trial as the Chinese regime censors all information. She spent 4 years jailed for reporting COVID-19 in Wuhan and nearly died on hunger strike. The regime must be held accountable. #FreeZhangZhan

COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan will be tried this week in China, RSF calls on international community to act

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan spent four years in prison for breaking some of the earliest COVID-19 stories from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus took hold. Now, she is about to be tried in the...

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 20d

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place. In full: buff.ly/l1F59uI

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan reportedly on trial again

Chinese officials on Friday turned diplomats and journalists away from a Shanghai court where rights groups said the trial of a prominent citizen journalist was taking place.

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · 20d

❗ #China: Zhang Zhan spent 4 years in prison for reporting on COVID-19. She is to be tried in Shanghai tomorrow after being re-arrested a year ago for a bogus offense. It’s urgent for the international community to pressure Beijing for her release. #FreeZhangZhan! rsf.org/en/covid-19-...

COVID-19 journalist Zhang Zhan will be tried this week in China, RSF calls on international community to act

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan spent four years in prison for breaking some of the earliest COVID-19 stories from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus took hold. Now, she is about to be tried in the...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 21d

#China: Today, Sebastien Lai addressed the UN Human Rights Council, calling for the immediate release of his father, #HongKong writer and publisher Jimmy Lai, who he fears may die in prison.

See his statement here⬇️ #FreeJimmyLai

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China-Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s son calls for his father’s release at United Nations Human Rights Council — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

17 September 2025 : Today at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Sebastien Lai addressed the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on behalf of PEN International, calling on the Hong Kon...

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无国界记者 - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) @rsf-chinese.bsky.social · Sep 4

#香港：由于黎智英面临危及生命的风险，其法律团队就此向联合国提出紧急申诉，无国界记者再次呼吁 #英国首相斯塔默确保他获释。这位出版人已遭任意监禁1709天，且因健康状况恶化而面临葬身牢中的严重风险。 #释放黎智英 rsf.org/en/hong-kong...

Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whos...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Sep 2

It breaks my heart. Zhang Zhan spends her 42nd birthday in prison, isolated from family. She exposed the truth about COVID-19. Instead of being honored, she’s prosecuted. This injustice must end. #FreeZhangZhan

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One year after her second arrest, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan still detained without trial

Exactly one year ago, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, famous for covering the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, was arrested for a second time for reporting on human rights abuses in China. Reporter...

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · Sep 1

1/ #ProtectJournalistsInGaza: At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. In nearly 23 months, at least 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in this territory, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tomorrow, 30 August, will mark the #Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day. As part of the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition, RSF is calling on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to release journalist Frenchie Mae —the country’s only detained journalist—who has been held for 5 years without conviction.

As the Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day approaches, RSF and international coalition call for release of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio

30 August will mark the Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day, international and local press freedom organisations, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are calling on President Ferdinand Marc...

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CHRD人权捍卫者 @chrdnet.bsky.social · Aug 28

#China govt detained journalist #ZhangZhan 1 yr ago for her online writing and activism. On this anniversary, @chrdnet.bsky.social calls for her immediate and unconditional release, & for 🇨🇳 to end its restrictions on journalism and #FreeExpression. #FreeZhangZhan

🔖 www.nchrd.org/2025/08/chin...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Aug 28

#HongKong: Jimmy Lai’s sham trial finished its closing statements today — but alarmingly, no verdict date has been set. Lai has endured over 1,700 days in detention, facing a relentless ordeal for exercising press freedom. This must end. #FreeJimmyLai

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Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whos...

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RSF @rsf.org · Aug 28

#HongKong: Despite closing statements in Jimmy Lai’s sham trial yesterday, there's still no date for the verdict. The publisher, a UK citizen, has spent 1,700+ days in detention and 150+ days in court.

#UK PM Keir Starmer must act now to #FreeJimmyLai!

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Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whos...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Aug 27

Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan was re-arrested a year ago. We are deeply concerned for Zhang’s health. After four unjust years in prison, she now faces brutal conditions in detention facility meant to break her body and spirit. The world must act to stop this relentless persecution. #FreeZhangZhan

One year after her second arrest, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan still detained without trial

Exactly one year ago, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, famous for covering the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, was arrested for a second time for reporting on human rights abuses in China. Reporter...

Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Aug 27

Honored to represent RSF at the rally organized by Hong Kong Outlanders in Taipei’s Ximending to show support for imprisoned publisher Jimmy Lai. The participation of pro-democracy activists like Lee Ming-che sends a clear and powerful message: Taiwan stand in solidarity with Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai

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壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」案件審訊進入結案陳詞階段，香港邊城青年、流亡港人赴湯昨（24日）於台北西門町舉辦「聲援黎智英街站」行動，多名在台港人、台灣民間團體、國際組織代表進行短講，批港府漠視黎在獄中的基本權利，呼籲立即將其釋放。

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Aleksandra Bielakowska 白奧蘭 @ketalaolan.bsky.social · Aug 23

Straight out of China’s playbook, Rebecca Choong is yet another victim of visa weaponization — a tactic well known to foreign journalists working in Beijing. Her case is further proof of the deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong, which continues to edge closer to that of China.

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · Aug 23

Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has been denied a work visa renewal by the Immigration Department, with no reason given, according to the local press club. In full: buff.ly/yWEw34M

Bloomberg journalist latest to be denied Hong Kong work visa 'without reason,' as press groups raise concerns | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has been denied a work visa renewal by the Hong Kong Immigration Department, with no reason given, according to the local press club. It is the latest in a...

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RSF @rsf.org · Aug 21

In a joint letter, RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently to secure the release of British publisher Jimmy Lai, whose health has dangerously deteriorated after more than 1,680 days in detention in Hong Kong. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai

Hong Kong: RSF and a coalition of 72 NGOs urge UK Prime Minister to secure Jimmy Lai’s release on medical parole

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and a coalition of 72 human rights and press freedom organisations are urging British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, whose he...

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RSF @rsf.org · Jul 24

#Philippines: While investigating the elements that led to the arrest of journalist #FrenchieMaeCumpio, RSF discovered a file riddled with inconsistencies—so numerous that it's difficult to understand how such flaws could justify her prolonged detention or be accepted in court.

Frenchie Mae Cumpio: investigation into a fabricated case designed to convict a Philippine journalist

While investigating the elements that led to the arrest—now lasting over five years—of Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) discovered a file riddled with inconsi...