China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan COVID-19 reporting

China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan COVID-19 reporting
China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan COVID-19 reporting
Dec 28, 2020
Police vehicles are seen outside Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court before the trial of citizen-journalist Zhang Zhan, who reported from Wuhan during the peak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brenda Goh
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A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist, Zhang Zhan who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year’s COVID-19 outbreak, Reuters reports.
Zhan’s lawyer said her client was convicted on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”

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