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Helen Davidson in Taipei

China’s Covid whistleblower in Wuhan reportedly freed after three years

Pro-democracy activists protest in February 2020.
Pro-democracy activists protest in February 2020. Whistleblower Fang Bin has reportedly been released from detention, three years after reporting on the Covid lockdown in Wuhan. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP

A Chinese citizen journalist who disappeared three years ago while reporting on the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown – and was later revealed to have been detained by authorities – has reportedly been released.

Fang Bin was let out of detention on Sunday, according to multiple media reports that cited people close to the family. The reports said he had gone to Beijing, where some of his family live, before being sent back to Wuhan on Monday morning, where he remains under strict supervision.

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