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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1259291
Chinese journo who reported Wuhan Covid outbreak gets 4 more years
September 22, 2025, 8:14 pm
BEIJING – Zhang, a Chinese journalist who reported on the early spread of Covid-19 in Wuhan, has been sentenced to an additional four years in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The 42-year-old was handed the new sentence on Sept. 19, just over a year after her release from an earlier four-year term imposed in 2020 on charges of “picking quarrels and causing trouble.”
The same charge was used against her again, RSF said.
Zhang was first arrested in December 2020 after she published videos, posts, and firsthand accounts from Wuhan that contradicted the Chinese government’s official narrative of the outbreak. Her reports showed a far grimmer picture of the situation on the ground...
Chinese journo who reported Wuhan Covid outbreak gets 4 more years
September 22, 2025, 8:14 pm
BEIJING – Zhang, a Chinese journalist who reported on the early spread of Covid-19 in Wuhan, has been sentenced to an additional four years in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The 42-year-old was handed the new sentence on Sept. 19, just over a year after her release from an earlier four-year term imposed in 2020 on charges of “picking quarrels and causing trouble.”
The same charge was used against her again, RSF said.
Zhang was first arrested in December 2020 after she published videos, posts, and firsthand accounts from Wuhan that contradicted the Chinese government’s official narrative of the outbreak. Her reports showed a far grimmer picture of the situation on the ground...