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聯合聲明｜緊急呼籲泰國政府停止將記者白兆東強制遣返回中國

國際團體聯合聲明
2026-7-20

無國界記者與保護衛士發表聲明，呼籲泰國當局勿將遭拘留的中國知名記者白兆東遣返回中國。由於該記者曾經揭露中國政府的貪腐事件，引發中國政府對泰國施加壓力，白兆東正面臨被遣返回中國的風險。（相關新聞）

國際緊急聯合聲明

  1. 中國調查記者白兆東目前遭泰國拘留，面臨被強制遣返中國的迫切風險；多個國際新聞自由與人權組織聯合呼籲泰國政府立即停止遣返。
  2. 白兆東因揭露中國官員涉及貪腐、洗錢及金融詐騙而遭報復，若被遣返，恐面臨政治迫害、任意拘留、酷刑及強迫失蹤，違反國際法「禁止遣返原則」（non-refoulement）。
  3. 連署團體要求泰國政府停止遣返、協助白兆東前往安全第三國尋求國際保護，並拒絕配合任何可能導致人權迫害的中國政府要求。

Joint Statement: Urgent Call to Thai Government to Halt the Forcible Return of Journalist Bai Zhaodong to China

July 17th – We, the undersigned press freedom, journalists', human rights, and international organisations, urgently call on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China. This appeal follows confirmation from local sources that Bai, who is currently held at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok, faces an imminent risk of deportation.

In September 2024, Bai became the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Public Security Bureau of Yulin City on fabricated charges of "extortion". Since then, Thai authorities have prevented him from relocating to a safe third country and barred him from leaving Thailand. He has been held in immigration detention since January 2026.

If returned to China, Bai would face a grave, foreseeable, personal, and real risk of political persecution, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and other serious human rights violations. His forced return would therefore undeniably violate Thailand’s obligations under international and domestic torture prohibitions (non-refoulement).

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Andrea Bolaños Vargas, has urged the Thai authorities to “immediately halt any deportation proceedings, facilitate his prompt relocation, and ensure his safety and access to adequate healthcare.”

Bai Zhaodong has worked as an investigative journalist in China for more than 25 years, most recently for the respected Caijing magazine in Beijing. His reporting uncovered a large-scale corruption and financial fraud network involving money laundering and other illicit financial activities. The investigation implicated both local government officials and senior figures within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Because of the senior officials implicated and the sensitive nature of his reporting, Bai became the target of intensified surveillance, intimidation, and sustained harassment by both local and central Chinese authorities following the publication of his investigation.

Throughout his career, Bai has faced repeated retaliation for his investigative reporting on corruption and financial fraud in Shaanxi Province. Chinese authorities have subjected him to six separate rounds of criminal charges, interrogations, and detention in connection with his journalistic work.

The Chinese government routinely uses vague and politically motivated charges, including "espionage," "subversion," and "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," to prosecute journalists, writers, scholars and activists. China is currently the world's largest jailer of journalists, with 120 journalists imprisoned. It ranks 178th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders' 2026 World Press Freedom Index.

We therefore urge the Thai government to:

  • Immediately halt any deportation or forcible return of Bai Zhaodong to China.
  • Facilitate Bai Zhaodong's safe transfer to a third country willing to provide him with international protection.
  • Refrain from cooperating with requests from the Chinese authorities that would result in the persecution of journalists, writers, scholars, activists or other individuals at risk of serious human rights violations.

Signatories:

  1. Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
  2. Safeguard Defenders (SD)
  3. World Uyghur Congress
  4. The Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights
  5. Legal Initiatives for Vietnam
  6. Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities
  7. Grupo de Apoio ao Tibete-Portugal
  8. World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
  9. The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM)
  10. International Tibet Network
  11. Aus-Hong Kong Connex 港人匯坊
  12. Hongkongers in Britain (HKB)
  13. Asian Lawyers Network (ALN)
  14. GreatFire
  15. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
  16. Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
  17. Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders
  18. Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)
  19. The Rights Practice
  20. Reading UK Stands with HK
  21. The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation
  22. Dandelion Solidarity
  23. ARTICLE 19
  24. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
  25. Center for Uyghur Studies
  26. Dialogue China
  27. European Values Center for Security Policy
  28. PEN International
  29. Lady Liberty Hong Kong (LLHK)
  30. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
  31. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
  32. Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
  33. Tibet Action Institute
  34. Human Rights First
  35. PEN America
  36. Fortify Rights
  37. Hong Kong Watch
  38. Bay Area Friends of Tibet
  39. Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ)
  40. Freedom House
  41. American Society of Journalists and Authors
  42. Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)
  43. Society of Professional Journalists
  44. Viet Tan
  45. US Hongkongers Club 美國香港人會館
  46. Milk Tea Alliance Japan (MTAJ)
  47. Swedish Tibet Committee
  48. Amnesty International
  49. Taiwan Economic Democracy Union
  50. Index on Censorship
  51. PEN Sweden
  52. Doublethink Lab
  53. Prachatai
  54. The Swedish Media Publishers’ Association
  55. Taiwan Association for Human Rights
  56. Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF)
  57. Human Rights in China (HRIC)
  58. Human Rights Watch
  59. Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor (HKLRM)