EU Urges China to Free Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting on COVID-19
The European Union on Tuesday called on the Chinese regime to release a citizen journalist who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 28, becoming the first known reporter to be sentenced by Beijing for providing first-hand information about the CCP virus pandemic inside China.
China: Statement by the Spokesperson on sentencing of journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders https://t.co/ZpRTYx9Rgt European External Action Service – EEAS (@eu eeas) December 29, 2020
China Jails Citizen Journalist for 4 Years Over COVID-19 Reporting
Former lawyer convicted of picking quarrels and provoking trouble
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 28, becoming the first known reporter to be sentenced by Beijing for providing firsthand information about the CCP viruspandemic inside China.
Zhang, a 37-year-old former lawyer, was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” by the Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai, according to her defense lawyers, Zhang Keke and Ren Quanniu.
Zhang appeared in court in a wheelchair and her mother cried loudly after hearing her sentence.
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