{"id":6279,"date":"2015-12-26T06:08:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2015-12-26T06:08:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T11:08:30","slug":"china-expels-french-journalist-over-uighur-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/china-expels-french-journalist-over-uighur-article","title":{"rendered":"China ‘expels’ French journalist over Uighur article"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ursula<\/a>

Ursula Gauthier will have to leave China by the end of the year if her press card is not renewed<\/p><\/div>\n

China has effectively expelled a French journalist over an article she wrote that was critical of Beijing’s policy towards Muslim Uighers in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n

Beijing confirmed it would not renew press credentials for Ursula Gauthier, of the French news magazine L’Obs.<\/p>\n

It said an article she wrote about the unrest in Xinjiang supported “terrorism and cruel acts” that killed people.<\/p>\n

Ms Gauthier called the claims “absurd” and said Beijing was trying to “deter” foreign reporters in the country.<\/p>\n

If her press card is not renewed, Ms Gauthier cannot apply for a new visa, and will have to leave China by 31 December.<\/p>\n

She would be the first foreign journalist to be expelled since Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan in 2012.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Xinjiang\"<\/a>

China has been cracking down on what it calls “terrorists” with foreign links in Xinjiang<\/p><\/div>\n

China blames the long-running unrest in western autonomous Xinjiang region on Islamist separatists, many of whom it says have foreign ties.<\/p>\n

But Xinjiang’s ethnic Uighurs, most of whom are Muslim, say Beijing’s repression of their religious and cultural customs is provoking the violence.<\/p>\n

\"map<\/a>Source: http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-35181299<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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