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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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
Heavy security as Chinese citizen journalist jailed for 4 years for reporting on Wuhan virus.
Zhang Zhan's live reports were widely shared on social media in February
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📹 Police try to block journalists outside the Shanghai court where Zhang was on trial
Zhang Zhan's live reports were widely shared on social media in February
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📹 Police try to block journalists outside the Shanghai court where Zhang was on trial
China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for 4 years for reporting on the virus in Wuhan. She has been on a hunger strike since June and is reportedly force-fed via a nasal tube.
China has punished 8 virus whistleblowers so far.
📸Her lawyer Zhang Keke talks to the press
China has punished 8 virus whistleblowers so far.
📸Her lawyer Zhang Keke talks to the press
#UPDATE A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from #Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the Chinese city u.afp.com/Uop4 #ZhangZhan
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