‘Darkest Chapter of My Life’: Australian Blogger’s Plea for Help from Beijing Prison

Yang Hengjun said the Australian government support in the past six years helped him endure unbearable suffering in CCP prison.

Protesters hold placards demanding the release of Australian writer Yang Hengjun in Canberra, Australia, on March 20, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

Jailed Chinese Australian blogger Yang Hengjun has penned a heartfelt letter to Australian leaders pleading for help to end his six years of imprisonment at the hands of Beijing.

The academic and pro-democracy writer, who immigrated to Australia in 1999, was arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities in 2019 when he returned to China to renew visas for his family.