Full article Zhang Zhan, 37, is the first such person known to have been tried for reporting firsthand accounts from crowded hospitals and empty streets in Wuhan
A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year s coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said.
Zhang Zhan, 37, the first such person known to have been tried, was among a handful of people whose firsthand accounts from crowded hospitals and empty streets painted a more dire picture of the pandemic epicenter than the official narrative.
COVID-19: China jails journalist Zhang Zhan for reporting Wuhan s coronavirus outbreak
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UPDATE 3-China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting
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Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, 37, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for her work reporting on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan, China.
She was convicted of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, a broadly defined charge often used by police to stifle dissent, according to the South China Morning Post.
The UN Human Rights office said Zhang s sentencing was deeply concerning.
A Chinese court sentenced a citizen-journalist to four years in prison on Monday for her work reporting from Wuhan during the coronavirus outbreak s early days.
Zhang Zhan, 37, was convicted of picking quarrels and provoking trouble by the Pudong New Area People s Court in Shanghai, according to the Associated Press.
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.”