China on Saturday harshly criticised the United Nations over comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country's Covid-19 response. The Chinese mission in Geneva voiced outrage at the "irresponsible" and "erroneous" comments made by the UN rights office OHCHR on Friday in the case of Zhang Zhan. OHCHR spokeswoman Marta Hurtado on
China on Saturday harshly criticised the United Nations over comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country's COVID-19 response.