Originally published by Al Jazeera on February 3, 2021 A second Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist has been stripped of his licence to practice, in a move that drew alarm from rights groups and condemnation from the United States. Ren Quanniu, who represented one of 12 (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 2, 2021 China’s internet regulator has announced a crackdown on citizen journalism around the country, banning anyone from posting news-related information online without a license.The move was announced by Zhuang Rongwen, deputy director of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s central propaganda (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 1, 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) investigators probing the origins of the coronavirus in China are unlikely to be allowed to meet with critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s handling of the early stages of the pandemic, an overseas-based rights (read more…)
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Originally published by Zee News on January 25, 2021 The COVID-19 vaccine production is still limited and for now, only a few countries have been able to access it. Given the severity of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is understandable that countries are eager to get their (read more…)
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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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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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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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