Recovered/Located CHINA - Lu Guang, 57, award-winning Chinese photographer & resident of New York, Urumqi, 3 Nov 2018

[JerseyGirl]

Internationally renowned Chinese documentary photographer Lu Guang has gone missing while on a trip to Xinjiang.

He visited Xinjiang to meet other photographers. Lu’s family last heard from him while he was in the regional capital of Urumqi on the evening of November 3.

His wife said her husband flew to Urumqi on October 23 and travelled to Kashgar in southern Xinjiang on October 31 before returning to Urumqi on November 3. She said she had kept in contact with him throughout his trip.

Lu was expected to leave Urumqi on November 5 for Sichuan and meet with a friend there to visit poor children. The Sichuan friend called the next day, after Lu did not arrive.

His wife attempted to contact the friend who invited Lu to Xinjiang. The friend’s wife said that Lu and his friend were taken to Kashgar by police and she did not know why or where the men were.

His wife learned from the government of Yongkang, in Zhejiang province where Lu’s household registration is located, that Lu was detained by Kashgar police.

Police in Yongkang said they knew nothing of Lu’s detention, while Kashgar police could not be reached for comment.

Award-Winning Chinese Photojournalist Missing While Visiting The Country, Wife Says

Chinese documentary photographer Lu Guang went missing in Xinjiang three weeks ago, family says

 

[JerseyGirl]

His wife said her husband's detention was confirmed to her by authorities in Lu's hometown Yongkang in Zhejiang province.

Yongkang police told AFP news agency that they were unaware of the situation.

Someone who picked up the phone at the police department in Kashgar hung up after hearing the call was from AFP.

A Human Rights Watch-er said she has called on Chinese authorities "to immediately confirm and clarify... the whereabouts and well-being" of the photographer, who is a US green card holder.

"That's an obligation for them," she said. She also added that it is "not terribly credible" for Chinese authorities to not have any information about the status of Lu.

Missing photographer likely arrested in Xinjiang, says wife

 

[GraceG]

Slightly updated information. https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018...-detained-in-china-and-missing-for-weeks.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

Where is missing photographer Lu Guang?

 

[YaYa_521]

Located
China’s ‘missing’ photographer Lu Guang arrested in troubled Xinjiang

13 Dec, 2018

Internationally acclaimed photojournalist Lu Guang – who disappeared without trace in early November – is under arrest in China, it was confirmed on Thursday.

Lu’s wife Xu Xiaoli, who lives in the United States, told the South China Morning Post that other family members in China were verbally notified of her husband’s arrest by police in the troubled Xinjiang region.