China: the journalist who reveals the Covid-19 emergency risks dying in jail

China -The world is concerned for Zhang Zhan, the 38-year-old Chinese journalist who first showed the world the Wuhan lockdown at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic. On a hunger strike for months, after being arrested and sentenced to four years in prison for “fomenting disputes and causing problems,” she is currently fed through a tube.

According to Amnesty International, Chinese activist and journalist Zhang Zhan, the face of dissent, “is in danger of dying.” Zhan has been in prison for almost a year for having reported on social media the COVID-19 management. For months, she has been carrying out a hunger strike that has exhausted her. “If she is not released to receive treatment, she risks dying,” Amnesty writes in a statement.

Chinese authorities arrested Zhang Zhan in May 2020 in Wuhan, where she went in February to gather information on the handling of Covid. On that occasion, she posted messages on social media. She denounced the arrests of independent journalists and the authorities’ pressure on the families of patients affected by Covid-19 so that they would not reveal anything.

Related Posts

In December 2020, a court sentenced her to four years in prison on charges of having “sown discord and caused problems.” Her brother wrote on Twitter last week: “I don’t think she will live very long, and if she can’t make it through the winter, I hope the world can remember her for what she was and did.”

The former lawyer then journalist, in February 2020 Zhan went to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak of the pandemic. She then denounced on social media the authorities who arrested independent reporters and intimidated the families of infected patients into remaining silent. Not only. The images of patients abandoned in the Chinese hospitals‘ corridors had given a dramatic picture of the health emergency.

Then in the following May, she lost track of her until she reappeared in jail in Shanghai. Since then, she has not been able to speak to the lawyer or meet her family members, with whom she is allowed rare telephone contacts under surveillance.

Admin

Recent Posts

Trump vs. Panama: President Mulino Responds to US Threats Over Canal Control

Jose Raul Mulino the President of Panama strongly rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments about taking back control of the… Read More

December 23, 2024

Louise Delos Reyes Says ‘Yes’! Actress Reveals Stunning Engagement in London

Louise Delos Reyes is officially engaged! The actress-turned-pastry chef said "yes" to her longtime boyfriend, Jino Brion during a dreamy… Read More

December 23, 2024

Can Ukraine Join NATO? Zelenskiy Pushes for Global Stability Through Alliance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that membership of Ukraine in NATO is "achievable" goal but this will require persistent effort… Read More

December 22, 2024

UAE-Funded Orphanage Opens in Ethiopia, Transforming Lives in Oromia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art orphanage in Oromia. This orphanage is built with the support… Read More

December 21, 2024

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Drone Strikes Cause Disruptions in Kazan, No Casualties

The airport in the Russian city of Kazan reopened on Saturday. This airport reopened on Saturday after a temporary closure… Read More

December 21, 2024

George Eastham, England’s 1966 World Cup Winner, Passes Away at 88

England's 1966 World Cup Winner, George Eastham has passed on aged 88 years. Blackpool-born forward, who played 19 times for… Read More

December 21, 2024

This website uses cookies.

Read More