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Journalists under threat in 2020: Ten urgent cases
In the new year, the One Free Press coalition focuses on “the year in press freedom,” highlighting the wide range of threats faced by journalists throughout the past year.
1. Zhang Zhan (China)
Zhang Zhan, an independent journalist who had been posting reports from Wuhan on Twitter and YouTube since early February, went missing on May 14, one day after she published a video critical of the government’s countermeasures to contain the coronavirus. Shanghai issued a notice stating that Zhang had been arrested and detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” She has reportedly been on a hunger strike for seven months, is being force-fed through a feeding tube and kept under physical restraint 24/7. China is the No. 1 jailer of journalists, according to CPJ, with 47 journalists behind bars. In two separate cases, journalists Chen Qiushi and Li Zehua went missing after reporting on Covid-19 from Wuhan and reappeare