{"id":4637,"date":"2018-12-05T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/12\/05\/award-winning-chinese-photographer-lu-guang-detained-xinjiang-says-wife\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T18:32:39","slug":"award-winning-chinese-photographer-lu-guang-detained-xinjiang-says-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/award-winning-chinese-photographer-lu-guang-detained-xinjiang-says-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Chinese photographer Lu Guang detained in Xinjiang, says wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

An award-winning photographer whose work exposed the lives of people on the margins of Chinese society has been taken away by security agents, his wife has said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lu Guang was <\/span>travelling<\/span> in Xinjiang<\/a> on 3 November when she lost contact with him, Xu Xiaoli said on Tuesday. He had met photographers in Urumqi, the capital, one week before and was scheduled to meet a friend in Sichuan province on 5 November, but never showed up.<\/span><\/p>\n

A friend of Xu helped her inquire about her husband\u2019s whereabouts in his home province of Zhejiang, where authorities said Lu and a fellow photographer had been taken away by Xinjiang state security. They did not give any further details, the friend told Xu.<\/span><\/p>\n