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Labor rights blogger detained in Guangzhou after two-week disappearance

Support groups reported that Chinese labor rights blogger Feng Rui has been detained by police in Guangzhou on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Feng, who has documented labor conditions in China for years, had been missing for over two weeks prior to the confirmation. Independent official confirmation from local authorities has not yet been reported.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • rfi中国
  • ltn廣州警方
2 differing positions reported on location across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • rfi中国
  • ltn廣州
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • rfi又
  • ltn2週
WhereGuangzhou
23.117, 113.250 ±10 km
First reported17 days ago
Published2026-10-08 18:13 UTC
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Labor rights blogger detained in Guangzhou after two-week disappearance. 2026-10-08T18:13:19.786Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5131. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-08/2-32f47fb5

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