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Los abusos en la legislación contra las Fake News y los discursos de odio. Cómo los regímenes autoritarios construyeron la cancelación política para silenciar a los que piensan distinto.
#Hilo para exponer los próximos meses en Argentina.
Se puso de moda hablar de #fakenews y discursos de odio en Argentina especialmente desde el aparente ataque a cfk. Pero ¿cuándo una noticia es #fake y cuándo un hecho es tildado como fake porque a alguien le conviene?...ese es el centro de la cuestión.
La red de periodismo ético define a las noticias falsas como "aquella información creada y publicada para engañar o poner en duda hechos verificables". Es información que alguien fabrica y la difunde entre una audiencia que se la va a creer y la va a replicar.
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During a video call with her lawyer Zhang Keke on 12 Feb 2022, #ZhangZhan's mother revealed that Zhan's situation had improved and she had ended her hunger strike.

She said that Zhan visibly looked better in a video call on 28 Jan 2022, 3 days before Spring Festival.

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Zhang Zhan had started eating; the authorities had stopped force-feeding her. She had been suffering from severe abdominal pain due to a prolonged hunger strike but this was lessened. She could walk without assistance. She was willing to do some craftwork in prison.

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Zhang Zhan's mother "looked less worried and had a smile on her face" during her call with the lawyer on Saturday.

We are greatly encouraged to hear that there is improvement in both Zhan's health condition and her treatment by the authorities.

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🔴 Sous le règne du président Xi Jinping, le Parti communiste chinois a drastiquement accru son contrôle sur les journalistes. Lisez l''enquête RSF qui révèle l’ampleur de la répression du régime contre le droit à l'information.
rsf.org/fr/rapports/un…
#1 ▶️ Les journalistes contraints à devenir des porte-voix du parti.
Pour obtenir leur carte de presse, les journalistes doivent télécharger l’appli "Étudier Xi, renforcer le pays" et devront bientôt suivre des cours sur la "pensée Xi". Lire le rapport : bit.ly/3EN2OJf
#2 ▶️ La plus grande prison de journalistes au monde.
Le régime détient actuellement 127 #journalistes. Enquêter sur un sujet tabou peut valoir des années de détention dans des prisons insalubres, où les mauvais traitements peuvent entraîner la mort.
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🔴 Under President Xi Jinping’s rule, the Chinese Communist Party has drastically increased its control over journalists. Read RSF’s investigative report “The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in #China”.
rsf.org/en/reports/unp…
#1 ▶️ Journalists forced to be the Party’s mouthpiece.
To receive their press cards, journalists already have to download the “Study Xi, Strengthen the Country” propaganda app that can collect their data, and will soon have an annual 90-hour training on “Xi Jinping Thought”.
#2 ▶️ The world’s biggest captor of journalists.
127 #journalists are currently detained by the regime. Investigating a “sensitive” topic can result in years of detention in unsanitary prisons, where ill-treatment can lead to death. Read the report here: bit.ly/3GhdEau
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Die Journalistin #ZhangZhan wurde für ihre Berichterstattung zu COVID19 verschleppt, inhaftiert und zu vier Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt.

Zahlreiche Journalist:innen und Medien haben heute dazu berichtet und ihre Solidarität ausgedrückt. Anbei ein bisschen Hintergrund.

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Laut Berichten von Amnesty International wurde Zhang Zhan während der Haft gefoltert und misshandelt. Zhang Zhan befindet sich nun im Hungerstreik. Sie wiegt knapp 40 Kilo, wird künstlich ernährt und schwebt in akuter Lebensgefahr.

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#ZhangZhan ist eine sogenannte Bürgerjournalistin. Bürgerjournalisten gehören zu den wenigen freien und unabhängigen Quellen in China. Die Arbeit der akkreditierten Journalistinnen wird permanent von der Regierung überwacht und kontrolliert.

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China has strongly criticised the @UN over comments demanding the release of citizen journalist #ZhangZhan, who has been jailed for her coverage of the country’s COVID-19 response. google.com.tw/amp/s/www.alja…
Zhang’s family worry that she might be on the brink of death in prison due to ongoing hunger strike.
The Chinese mission in Geneva voiced outrage on Saturday at what it said were the “irresponsible” and “erroneous” comments made by the UN rights office OHCHR on Friday in the case of Zhang Zhan.
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Latest for @dw_chinese (Eng version): Chinese citizen journalist #ZhangZhan continues to stage hunger strike in prison after she was sentenced to four years last year. She is reportedly suffering from malnutrition and her weight has dropped to below 40KG. williamyang-35700.medium.com/chinese-citize…
She was hospitalized on July 31. In a screenshot of the text that Zhang’s mother sent to activists inside and outside of China, she said she was finally able to talk to Zhang through the phone earlier this month.
The doctor said apart from suffering from malnutrition, Zhang’s feet and legs are also both suffering from edema.
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1/ Having read the int’l cttee/Chinese gov’t #COVID19 origins report & watched the @WHO presser, it’s clear 1) the report is fatally flawed, 2) there’s currently no credible int’l investigation into pandemic origins, & 3) we desperately need one. Follow this thread for more.
2/ The core problem is clearly structural. The int’l team saw its task as finding a zoonotic source of animal transition in the wild, not seeking the actual source of the pandemic. There’s a big difference. They set out to prove one hypothesis, not fairly examine all of them.
3/ That’s why no one at @WHO fully recognized the massive CoI that 4 int’l committee members had prior working relationships with the #Wuhan Institute of Virology. Surprised the team took #ShiZhengli at her word rather than actually investigating?
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Chinese citizen journalist #ZhangZhan met with her lawyer @wuhanzhangkeke again today, and she didn't make a decision regarding whether she wants to appeal the four-year sentence or not. When her lawyer shared the post cards that citizens in #Wuhan had sent to her, ...
... she said she felt like she didn't do well enough and she hopes that everyone in the outside world can take care of their own health. She remembers her precious experience and memories in #Wuhan and she hopes she will be able to relive all the great time she had in Wuhan ...
once she is released.
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One day before Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, the lawyer for the 12 #HongKong people detained in Shenzhen, is scheduled to attend a hearing regarding local authorities’ decision to revoke his license as an administrative punishment, Ren Quanniu,... Image
... the other human rights lawyer involved in the case of the 12 #HongKong people and the case of Chinese citizen journalist #Zhangzhan, received a notice from local authorities that the hearing regarding their decision to revoke his license will be held on January 19.
They are two of the human rights lawyers in #China targeted by the Chinese government’s widespread campaign against human rights lawyers and dissidents.
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The WHO team is to take up work in January. It is already weakened by needing CCP approval for members. The govt is frightened of people telling it the truth. If it were not it would not have sentenced #ZhangZhan to 4 years for this crime (“picking quarrels and causing troubles”)
I have been inside a Chinese courtroom & reported on a sensitive trial, an experience few foreign reporters have had (no access). I required physical protection there. Sentences are decided in advance by political-legal committees of the CCP and other parts of the party-state.
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Latest on #ZhangZhan case update: Zhang Zhan's lawyer @wuhanzhangkeke revealed more comments Zhang Zhan made during the trial on Monday. Records show that she directly challenged and criticized the judge and the Chinese legal system on several occasions, insisting that ...
... their decision to put her on trial is wrong and their accusations against her are "ridiculous." When the presiding judge asked her to verify her personal information, Zhang simply responded by saying "Don't you think the fact that you are forcing me to be on the ...
... defendants' stand is wrong? Would your conscience tell you that you've done something wrong?" When the presiding judge asked if Zhang had any objections against the participants on the collegiate panel, Zhang said "I couldn't answer your questions before you correct yourself.
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The U.S. and EU have both issued stern statement regarding the sentencing of Chinese citizen journalist #ZhangZhan. U.S. Secretary of State @SecPompeo condemns #China's "sham prosecution and conviction" of Zhang ... state.gov/on-the-silenci…
... Pompeo called on #Beijing to release Zhang "immediately and unconditionally." "The CCP has shown once again it will do whatever it takes to silence those who question the Party’s official line, even regarding crucial public health information," he said.
"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has shown once again it will do whatever it takes to silence those who question the Party’s official line, even regarding crucial public health information."
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Latest: In her first interview with foreign media, #ZhangZhan’s mother criticize the court’s decision to sentence her daughter to four years in prison, describing it as trying to force her to die. Zhang’s defense lawyer told me that she will likely continue the hunger strike...
... so he calls on the international community to keep paying attention to her physical health and pray for her release. He said the defense lawyers plan to visit Zhang soon at the same detention center and they will ask her whether she wants to appeal the court ruling or not.
If Zhang decides to appeal the court ruling, the defense lawyers will begin to prepare for the appeal process. However, Zhang’s lawyer is concerned about whether the appeals court would hold a trial or not, as many appeals court in #China are not only reviewing documents ...
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I search a bit about #ZhangZhan online and here’s what I found. She was detained several times before , from 10 days to 65 days since 2019. She got warning for the first time in 2018.
Pic. She’s holding an umbrella says” End socialism, take down CPC”.
She’s a Christian zealot with a strong tendency towards martyrdom. She made hunger strike several times during the detention.
She had psychiatric assessments during the detention since she kept talking Jesus, Bible, God, etc.
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Latest: Chinese citizen journalist #ZhangZhan has been sentenced to four years in prison for reporting from Wuhan during the #COVID19 lockdown. I chronicled her journey to Wuhan and talked to those who knew her well: vice.com/en/article/wx8…
"A former lawyer, Zhang Zhan had been detained for seven months before she was sentenced on Monday by the Shanghai Pudong People’s Court. She was accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a vaguely-defined charge that #Beijing often uses to silence critics."
"Zhang, 37, was among several Chinese citizens who took it upon themselves to travel to Wuhan early this year to report on the government’s handling of the outbreak, filming inside hospitals and on empty streets as the Wuhan authorities enforced a strict lockdown."
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Zhang Zhan a Chinese “citizen journalist” who reported on the early days of the #coronavirus in #Wuhan has been given a four year prison sentence for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. #Chiba #covid
The trial only lasted a few hours and then a four year prison sentence handed out. The scene outside...
According to Zhang Zhan's lawyers she appeared devastated in court as the sentence was read out. Her mother reportedly also sobbed loudly. The 37-year old's health is said to have been in decline following a hunger strike while in detention.
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Chinese citizen journalist faces trial for Wuhan virus reporting.

Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, could face up to five years in jail if convicted of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" for her reporting

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AFP's @LeoRamirezAFP photographs police trying to stop journalists from recording outside the Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court, where the trial is set to begin of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan - who was detained in May for reporting on Wuhan's Covid-19 outbreak
#BREAKING Chinese citizen journalist jailed for four years for Wuhan virus reports: lawyer
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