Published: October 12th, 2023,
Last updated: October 16th, 2023

Australian journalist Cheng Lei is once again a free woman. More than three years after her arrest in China, she landed in Melbourne on Wednesday, accompanied by her country’s ambassador. Cheng was arrested in the summer of 2020 and found guilty in a non-public court hearing last April. She was accused of leaking state secrets abroad during her time as an anchor at the Chinese international TV network CGTN.