By Patrick Goodenough | December 28, 2020 | 7:19pm EST
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Lee Cheuk-Yan, protests on Monday against the jailing of Zhang Zhan, whose image appears in the poster behind him. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
(Adds reaction from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo)
(CNSNews.com) – Days before a team of international experts is expected to visit Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s jailing of a citizen journalist for her critical coverage of the outbreak is drawing strong condemnation, including from the U.S. government and the United Nations.
Zhang Zhan was convicted in Shanghai on Monday of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, according to her lawyer.
By Patrick Goodenough | December 28, 2020 | 7:19pm EST
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Lee Cheuk-Yan, protests on Monday against the jailing of Zhang Zhan, whose image appears in the poster behind him. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
(Adds reaction from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo)
(CNSNews.com) – Days before a team of international experts is expected to visit Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s jailing of a citizen journalist for her critical coverage of the outbreak is drawing strong condemnation, including from the U.S. government and the United Nations.
Zhang Zhan was convicted in Shanghai on Monday of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, according to her lawyer.