China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan for 4 years for reporting on the virus in Wuhan. She has been on a hunger strike since June and is reportedly force-fed via a nasal tube.

China has punished 8 virus whistleblowers so far.

📸Her lawyer Zhang Keke talks to the press
#UPDATE A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from #Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the Chinese city http://u.afp.com/Uop4  #ZhangZhan
#UPDATE A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from #Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the Chinese city http://u.afp.com/Uop4  #ZhangZhan
#UPDATE A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from #Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the Chinese city http://u.afp.com/Uop4  #ZhangZhan
#UPDATE A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from #Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the Chinese city http://u.afp.com/Uop4  #ZhangZhan
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