Zhang Zhan, Chinese Citizen Journalist, Is Ailing From Hunger Strike
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Chinese citizen who documented Wuhan outbreak falls ill in prison hunger strike
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China: Citizen Journalist Arrested for Wuhan Reports on Hunger Strike
5 Mar 2021
The health of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is “deteriorating” from a prolonged hunger strike she started months ago while in jail to protest a four-year prison term handed to her by Chinese state authorities in December for her reporting on Wuhan’s initial coronavirus outbreak last year.
“She has been on hunger strike and force-fed through nasal tubes with her limbs restrained for long periods,” a lawyer for Zhang who asked not to be identified told Agence France-Presse (AFP) of his client this week.
Zhang, a 37-year-old woman from Shanghai, China, “had become very thin and almost unrecognizable by Christmas [December 2020],” according to the lawyer, who added that Zhang appeared in court that month in a wheelchair due to her frail health.