Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
7 months, 1 week ago

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be released Monday are unknown, raising concern from activists. Zhang Zhan, who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a vaguely defined charge often used in political cases, has finished serving her sentence at Shanghai’s Women Prison. Monday was the last day of her four-year sentence, confirmed Ren and Jane Wang, another overseas activist who launched the Free Zhang Zhan campaign in the U.K. Zhang was among a handful of citizen journalists who traveled to the central Chinese city of Wuhan after the government put it under total lockdown in February 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Other citizen journalists have also spent time in jail for documenting the early days of the pandemic, including Fang Bin, who published videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the outbreak.

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News orgs retract stories featuring Chinese celebrity dissident after NPR probe

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Associated Press  

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Firstpost  

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China jails journalist for seven years on espionage charges
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China jails journalist for seven years on espionage charges

Al Jazeera  

Dong Yuyu, a former editor at the Guangming Daily, was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat. A court in China has sentenced journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on spying charges, according to a statement from his family, who called it a “grave injustice”. In its verdict on Friday, the Beijing No 2 Intermediate …

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Dong Yuyu: China court sentences journalist to seven years on spy charges, family says

CNN  

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A citizen journalist imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ by reporting on COVID in China is released
7 months ago

A citizen journalist imprisoned for ‘provoking trouble’ by reporting on COVID in China is released

Associated Press  

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Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release
7 months, 1 week ago

Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison release

The Independent  

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Chinese citizen journalist jailed for Covid reporting in Wuhan finally set to be released
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Chinese citizen journalist jailed for Covid reporting in Wuhan finally set to be released

The Independent  

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Australian-Chinese journalist detained for 3 years in China returns to Australia
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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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Associated Press  

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 7 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years
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Associated Press  

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Chinese man who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Chinese man who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years

LA Times  

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Peng Shuai: What drives high-profile disappearances in China?

The Independent  

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3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What drives high-profile disappearances in China

Associated Press  

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Chinese journalist jailed for covering Covid-19 outbreak in critical condition
3 years, 1 month ago

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Op India  

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Chinese journalist imprisoned over Covid reporting in desperate need of medical care, says family
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Chinese journalist imprisoned over Covid reporting in desperate need of medical care, says family

CNN  

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The Independent  

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Foreign journalists in China see ’rapid decline in media freedom’: survey
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Live Mint  

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A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Wuhan has become a city of forgetting
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LA Times  

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Relatives of COVID victims ask to meet WHO experts in Wuhan
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Al Jazeera  

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New videos show Wuhan during earliest days of COVID outbreak
3 years, 11 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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Chinese citizen-journalist gets 4-yr jail term for reporting on Wuhan virus
3 years, 11 months ago

Chinese citizen-journalist gets 4-yr jail term for reporting on Wuhan virus

Live Mint  

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Zhang Zhan: Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years
3 years, 11 months ago

Zhang Zhan: Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

CNN  

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Citizen Journalist in China to Face Trial After Months of Detention for Wuhan Virus Reporting
4 years ago

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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