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China: One Month After Zhang Zhan's 4-Year Imprisonment, Chinese Authorities Threaten Rearrest
WPF acknowledges the release of journalist Zhang Zhan from Shanghai prison after her four-year sentence for reporting on the Wuhan lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
China: Women Press Freedom Raises Alarm about Zhang Zhan’s Well-being Following Disappearance Post-Release
WPF is deeply concerned about the well-being of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan over her untraceable whereabouts on the day of her expected release from Shanghai Women's Prison after four years.
China: Over 70 Signatories Join CFWIJ’s Call To Release Chinese Journalist Zhang Zhan
More than 70 journalists, rights advocates, press freedom groups and related organizations have joined the Coalition For Women In Journalism’s call to demand that the Chinese authorities immediately release journalist Zhang Zhan from prison.
China: CFWIJ Joined 44 Human Rights Organization To Urge Chinese President Xi Jinping To Release Covid-19 Reporter On Hunger Strike
Journalist Zhan Zhang is currently being held at the Shanghai City Women’s Prison. She was already hospitalized once while in custody in July this year, however, her health appears to be failing still.
China: CFWIJ Concerned About Journalist Zhan Zhang’s Health And Demands Her Immediate Release
The health of journalist Zhan Zhang is rapidly deteriorating in prison. She was arrested last year in May for reporting on state mismanagement and negligence in their response to the COVID crisis. She was sentenced to four years in prison in December 2020 on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. The journalist has pre-existing medical conditions that her family has already raised the alarm on.
China: CFWIJ Is Indignant At The Court’s Verdict To Imprison Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan For Four Year
Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist was sentenced to four years in prison in Shanghai on Monday due to her coverage on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. She was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. Such accusations are regularly used to intimidate social activists. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) is utterly dismayed with the court’s decision. It is yet another, worrying manifestation of the suffocating environment for press freedom in China. No journalist should be subjected to vicious, legal persecution, especially when informing the public about a deadly epidemic spreading across the country.
China: Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Is In Hunger Strike Due To Her Unlawful Imprisonment
The Coalition For Women In Journalism is severely worried about the health of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who is the only woman journalist who remains under bars for reporting on Covid-19 pandemic.
China: Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Should Be Released Immediately
Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist based in Shanghai, has been arrested after initially being detained for her coronavirus reporting. She has been held by the police in the municipality’s Pudong district on “public disturbance charges”.