After 1,000 days of detention, public calls continue for the release of Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei.
“Today marks 1,000 days since Ms. Cheng was unjustly detained in China in August 2020,” said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham.
“It is impossible for any of us outside this situation to imagine the physical and emotional trauma of being detained for such a long period of time,” they said in a statement on May 9.
“After 1,000 days of unjust detention, it is time the Chinese government closed Ms. Cheng’s case, restored her freedom, and allowed her to return home to her family.”…