Overview

• Zhang Yadi was arrested on July 31 in Shangri-La after returning from studies in France and is believed to be held in a Changsha detention center.
• Human Rights Watch called for her immediate and unconditional release and pressed France and the UK to raise the case with Beijing.
• She is accused under Article 103(2), which rights groups say is used to criminalize peaceful speech, with penalties of up to five years or up to 15 if labeled a ringleader.
• A prominent rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, was briefly detained on September 16 in Changsha while assisting her family and reportedly had his phone confiscated.
• Zhang edited a Chinese-language platform linked to Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet and had planned to begin graduate studies at SOAS in London this month.