Friends have not been able to contact Sophia Huang and Wang Jianbing since Sunday, when they were planning to leave Guangzhou for Shenzhen Huang had been going to fly from Hong Kong to London to study Two activists based in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou – including one of China’s most well-known women’s rights campaigners, have lost contact with their friends, raising fears that the pair may have been detained by police.

A prominent women’s rights activist and a civil society member have gone missing in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. It is being seen by some as yet another example of China’s clampdown on human rights.

曾因報導香港民主運動遭廣州警方刑事拘留的女權工作者、獨立記者黃雪琴，原訂20日經香港赴英國留學，但傳出19日下午起便與友人一起失聯，兩人目前下落不明。

Chinese journalist and activist Sophia Huang Xueqin is feared to have been detained in China after disappearing on September 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses concern for Huang’s safety and stands in solidarity with Huang who has faced harassment by Chinese authorities for exercising freedom of expression.

据熟悉情况的友人称，独立记者黄雪琴、职业病权益倡导者王建兵于9月19日下午失联，目前未知身在何处。王建兵可能被以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”拘留，主要原因或是他在家里和朋友的聚会。

Chinese investigative journalist and #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin and workers’ rights advocate Wang Jianbing went missing in Guangzhou on Sunday, Sept. 19, with their friends fearing detention.

职业病权益倡导者王建兵原计划9月20日送别女权记者黄雪琴经香港赴英国留学。现已证实两人自19日下午起便失去联系，目前仍未联系上，已经超过24小时，也未知两人现身处何处。据知情人士透露，王建兵有可能被以煽动颠覆国家政权罪被调查拘留，主要原因涉及日常在他家中的朋友聚会。希望大家持续关注两人情况。