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Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports

 Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports
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A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years.

Zhang Zhan was found guilty of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a frequent charge against activists.

The 37-year-old former lawyer was detained in May and has been on hunger strike for several months.

Her lawyers say she is in poor health.

The indictment sheet alleges she sent "false information through text, video and other media through platforms like WeChat, Twitter and YouTube".

She is also accused of accepting interviews with foreign media outlets and "maliciously spreading" information about the virus in Wuhan.

[Source: BBC]

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