Lawyer remains in prison after release of Chinese Journalist working for German newspaper Die Zeit | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Zhang Miao, a researcher for German newsmagazine Die Zeit who was detained after helping to report on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong last year, was released by Beijing police Thursday night after nine months in detention. But human rights groups said her lawyer, Zhou Shifeng, who met her on her release, was later arrested himself, and…

Beijing (dpa) – A Chinese news assistant employed by German weekly Die Zeit was freed late Thursday after nine months in prison but her lawyer was “taken away” Friday morning, the journalist’s brother said. Zhang Miao, who was detained in October shortly after helping to report on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, was freed without charge,…