A Chinese citizen journalist who was jailed for reporting on the outbreak of COVID-19 was due to be released on Monday, but human rights advocates have received no confirmation that she's been freed.
Chinese citizen journalist , Zhang Zhan , has completed her jail sentence and is expected to be released from prison.
The lawyer-turned-citizen-journalist, who reported on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, was expected to soon walk free after completing her four-year sentence."We have received warning signals that some activists and lawyers, based in China, have been threatened in recent weeks by Chinese authorities not to raise Zhang Zhan's case internationally," Reporters Without Borders advocacy officer Aleksandra Bielakowska said.
She also visited a police station where Li Wenliang, a doctor who issued an early warning about COVID, had been reprimanded and tried to ask about his case.Jane Wang, a UK-based advocate who has campaigned for Ms Zhang's release, fears that she may be sent to an undisclosed location. "We know that she has been continuing the partial hunger strike and that her health status has improved slightly, but it has not been cured completely," Ms Bielakowska said.Ms Wang said she was worried Ms Zhang would become a prisoner in her own home.
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