China, the journalist who denounced the pandemic in Wuhan sentenced to four years- Corriere.it

Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer-turned-citizen journalist, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for live coverage of the Covid-19 crisis from Wuhan. The judgment of the Shanghai court, matured after a short hearing, motivated the guilt of causing altercations and problems as a result of denouncing the initial events of the pandemic when, in the city of the virus outbreak, there was talk of a mysterious pneumonia. The 37-year-old Zhang’s reports were shared on social media, drawing the attention of authorities.

Zhang Zhan has been detained in Shanghai since last May and must also answer for the crime of creating unrest, which is often used against activists and dissidents in China. Zhang accused of sending false information via text, video, and other means via internet media such as WeChat, Twitter and YouTube, according to the indictment and accepted interviews from foreign media such Radio Free Asione ed Epoch Times, who have maliciously speculated about the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

Zhang was among the people, professional and non-professional journalists, who covered the Wuhan epidemic and its aftermath. His posts included videos of hospital corridors with patients receiving oxygen and others suggesting that people were also being charged for virus tests that were supposed to be free. Zhang stopped publishing in May, and authorities later confirmed his arrest on suspicion of spreading lies. His attorney told CBS News earlier this month that the woman was force-fed after she went on a hunger strike while in detention and her health deteriorated.