China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years in prison
Zhang Zhan went to Wuhan in February and posted on various social media platforms about the outbreak that is believed to have emerged in the city late last year.
By Associated Press
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Zhang Zhan eats at a park on April 14 during a visit to Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province. A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison for “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said.
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