Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving a four-year sentence for her video reports on the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang was sentenced for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble,' a charge often used by Chinese authorities to silence dissent. She was released on May 13 and taken to her brother’s apartment in Shanghai, but her freedom remains restricted. Zhang Zhan's case has drawn international attention, highlighting the Chinese government's stringent measures against citizen journalism and freedom of speech.
Zhang Zhan: “If all that remains in life is fear, then all I can do is to wrestle with fear time and time again until I overcome it.” Excellent piece @QiLiyan @hwclarence A Chinese woman who served four years in prison over her video reports from Wuhan during the early days of…
NEW: China releases journalist jailed for Covid-19 coverage https://t.co/DE2eHU2jrV
A citizen journalist imprisoned for 'provoking trouble' by reporting on COVID in China is released https://t.co/GAYPVcXfdl
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan. https://t.co/GiqRmTYhnt
Video which appears to confirm that ZhangZhan, known in #China as a citizen journalist, who’d been in gaol for 4 years for the crime of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” because of her video coverage of the early stages of the #Covid outbreak, has been released from prison https://t.co/XnSsSLzxpz
In a video statement, Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan says she was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to covering COVID-19 in Wuhan (@huizhong_wu / Associated Press) https://t.co/A9Kvrs5M1g https://t.co/klybD0Ph49
A citizen journalist was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the Covid outbreak in Wuhan, according to a video statement (via AP) https://t.co/xFW9jH1YsD
Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid Released After 4 Years https://t.co/kutXK0MRtg
A Chinese woman who served four years in prison over her video reports from Wuhan during the early days of the pandemic has been released from a Shanghai prison facility, following a week of speculation. @QiLiyan @hwclarence https://t.co/61wdnQQVKO https://t.co/61wdnQQVKO
China releases journalist jailed for Covid-19 coverage https://t.co/58Hwwz7jIP https://t.co/RBoHZD4jD5
A Chinese woman who served four years in prison over her video reports from Wuhan during the early days of the pandemic has been released from a Shanghai prison facility https://t.co/Tst0wP3ugp https://t.co/Tst0wP3ugp
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan (张展) was released and sent to her brother’s apartment in Shanghai by the police on May 13. However, her freedom is still restricted… h/t @changchengwai https://t.co/MvWhmhl16F https://t.co/0J7ngqjkya
A short greeting from #ZhangZhan, a Chinese citizen journalist sentenced to 4 years for trying to report on the impact of the lockdown measures imposed in Wuhan, China in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. She was released on May 13 after she served her sentence, but the… https://t.co/cW6n7dvBpW
Fears for missing Wuhan journalist as she vanishes upon prison release after serving four years for filming COVID lab leak https://t.co/oyNQrbK5Ir https://t.co/UqCfB1zSbF
“She was the first to face trial for reporting on the pandemic in the central Chinese city and received the harshest punishment” https://t.co/veTaXE7jqV