China threatens Sweden after Gui Minhai wins free speech award
(The Guardian Sweden)

Embassy hits out at judges and warns of `consequences´ after the Tucholsky prize goes to jailed Hong Kong publisherSweden´s prime minister has rejected threats from China that Sweden will `suffer the consequences` for awarding a freedom of speech prize to the detained Chinese-born Swedish publisher Gui Minhai.Gui was one of the five Hong Kong-based publishers and booksellers who disappeared in 2015 having printed books critical of the Chinese government. He reappeared in 2016 in custody, saying on Chinese state television that he had surrendered after fleeing a fatal drink-driving incident 11 years before. Released in 2017 but prevented from leaving China, Gui was seized by plainclothes police while travelling to Beijing with two Swedish diplomats in January 2018. Since being filmed making what supporters believe was a confession under duress, he has been imprisoned. Related: `A very scary movie`: how China snatched Gui Minhai on the 11.10 train to Beijing Continue reading...