Portraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry threatened on Tuesday to punish a prominent non-governmental organisation which lobbied for the release of five freed women activists, saying the group must be held accountable for "breaking the law".
Yirenping, an anti-discrimination NGO, has defended the rights of people with HIV, Hepatitis B, women and people with disabilities.
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