Originally published by Mind Matter News on January 20, 2021 Lawyer-turned-citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, 37, went missing on May 15 after documenting on Youtube, Twitter, and WeChat what she saw in Wuhan during the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) pandemic. She has now been sentenced to four years in (read more…)
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中国人权捍卫者（CHRD）提交给经济、社会及文化权利委员会的问题清单供委员会审议 中华人民共和国履行《经济、社会及文化国际公约》情况第三次定期报告 (E/C.12/CHN/3)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 14, 2021 Authorities in China’s Guizhou and Jiangsu provinces have jailed two journalists and one family member after they were critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).On Jan. 8, the Nanming District People’s Court in Guizhou’s provincial capital, Guiyang, jailed former (read more…)
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Mass Arrests in Hong Kong Under National Security Law Targets Democrats; Former Journalist Zhang Jialong Sentenced; Journalist Li Xinde Imprisoned for Five-Years; Administrative Punishment on Lawyers Widens; Strong Human Rights Safeguards Must be Included in EU-China Investment Agreement
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Ahead of the upcoming Plenary session of the European Parliament, today a coalition of 36 civil society organisations (CSOs) have launched a Joint Appeal to the European Institutions calling for the inclusion of enforceable human rights clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).
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Chinese courts put a number of human rights defenders on trial around the holiday season in an apparent bid to avoid international scrutiny.
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Originally published by Explica.co on January 4, 2021 SHANGHAI – Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for “provoking altercations and seeking trouble” due to her reporting on the first coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported. That newspaper, (read more…)
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Originally published by BBC on December 29, 2020 Umumenyeshamakuru w’Umushinwa yakoze amakuru igihe coronavirus yaduka mu gisagara ca Wuhan yaciriwe umunyororo w’imyaka ine. Zhang Zhan yagirijwe “guteza imigumuko n’uruhagarara”, ikintu abaharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu bakunze kwagirizwa muri ico gihugu. Uyu munyamakuru w’imyaka 37 yahoze ari umushingwamanza, yahagaritswe mu kwa gatanu, (read more…)
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Originally published by Asharq Al-Awsat on December 28, 2020 A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city. Zhang (read more…)
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Originally published by BBC on December 28, 2020 Gabar weriye ah oo u dhalatay Shiinaha taas oo soo tebisay dillaacitaankii coronavirus ee magaalada Wuhan ayaa lagu xukumay afar sano oo xabsi ah. Zhang Zhan waxaa lagu eedeeyay “muran iyo abuuridda dhibaato”, oo ah eedeyn uu inta badan Shiinaha u adeegsado (read more…)
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Originally published by AFP on December 28, 2020 A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” surfaced in the central China city. Zhang Zhan, (read more…)
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Originally published by Brighton & Hove Independent on December 28, 2020 A journalist has been sentenced to four years in jail after reporting on the outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, early this year. Zhang Zhan, a 37 year old independent journalist and former lawyer was arrested for “picking quarrels (read more…)
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