Chinese COVID-19 Whistleblower Sentenced to 4 More Years in Jail, Group Says

China: Journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison again on baseless charges

Responding to reports that Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan has been convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “This second conviction for Zhang Zhan is a betrayal of China’s stated priority of upholding the rule of law. Like lawyer Yu Wensheng and […]

Chinese Covid whistleblower ‘sentenced to 4 more years in jail’

Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison on charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in China

'Wuhan whistleblower' who exposed first Covid outbreak is jailed AGAIN by China for 'picking quarrels'

A Chinese journalist who had been serving a four-year jail spell after reporting on the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan has been slapped with an additional prison term. Zhang Zhan, 42, was sentenced to a further four years behind bars for “picking quarrels and causing trouble”, a repeat of her initial conviction in December 2020, the international press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reported. Ms Zhan first landed in hot w…

Chinese Covid-19 whistle-blower sentenced to four more years in jail, group says

A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the Covid-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.

‘Her persecution must end’ – Wuhan Covid outbreak whistleblower sentenced to four more years in jail

A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after reporting on the outbreak of Covid in Wuhan has been sentenced to a further four years behind bars.

China jails Covid whistleblower Zhang Zhan for 4 more years over reporting

'She should be celebrated globally as an 'information hero', not trapped in brutal prison conditions,' RSF Asia-Pacific advocacy manager Aleksandra Bielakowska said in a statement