Cheng Lei: detained Australian at risk of torture in China, observers say

CGTN presenter is being held in residential surveillance at a designated location', classified by the UN as a type of enforced disappearance

Australian journalist Cheng Lei is at risk of torture by Chinese authorities, human rights observers have said.

On Monday the Australian government revealed Chinese authorities had detained Cheng, a Chinese-born Australian citizen and business news anchor for CGTN, China's English-language state media channel. The government has not been told why she has been detained, and amid deteriorating relations China's foreign minister has not returned calls from Australian representatives for months.