Sophia Huang Xueqin, a freelance journalist, was detained on suspicion of 'picking quarrels and stirring up trouble'. Via Reuters
BEIJING, Oct 24 - A prominent figure in China's #MeToo movement has been detained by police, a rights activist with direct knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a freelance journalist who lived in the southern city of Guangzhou, was detained there on Oct. 17 on suspicion of"picking quarrels and stirring up trouble", a charge often used by authorities to detain activists, according to Yaqiu Wang, China researcher for Human Rights Watch.
Huang reported on the #MeToo movement in China as it took off last year and also shared her own accounts of sexual harassment as an intern in a national news agency. . She also started a blog on WeChat, China's ubiquitous messaging platform, where she conducted surveys on workplace harassment in China and shared her findings.
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