Sunday, June 4, 2023
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home News World News

Chinese citizen journalist jailed over virus reports ‘close to death’

AFPbyAFP
November 5, 2021, 7:20 pm
in World News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of China’s initial response to COVID in Wuhan is close to death after going on hunger strike, her family said, prompting renewed calls from rights groups for her immediate release.

Zhang Zhan, 38, a former lawyer, traveled to Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic’s epicenter, questioning authorities’ handling of the outbreak in her smartphone videos.

She was detained in May 2020 and sentenced in December to four years in jail for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”—a charge routinely used to suppress dissent.

She is now severely underweight and “may not live for much longer,” her brother Zhang Ju wrote last week on a Twitter account verified by people close to the matter.

Zhang has been on a hunger strike and was force-fed through nasal tubes, her legal team, which did not have information on her current condition, told AFP earlier this year.

“She may not survive the coming cold winter,” Zhang Ju wrote, adding that he had urged his sister in letters to “take care of herself.”

“In her heart, it seems there is only God and her beliefs, with no care for anything else.”

Zhang Ju’s posts sparked fresh calls for his sister’s release, with Amnesty International urging the Chinese government Thursday to “release her immediately so that she can end her hunger strike and receive the appropriate medical treatment she desperately needs”.

Amnesty campaigner Gwen Lee said in a statement that Zhang’s detention was a “shameful attack on human rights.”

Someone close to the citizen journalist, who declined to be named, told AFP the family had asked to meet Zhang more than three weeks ago at the Shanghai women’s prison where she is being held but had not received a response. 

AFP was unable to reach Zhang Ju while Zhang’s mother declined to comment.

The Shanghai prison also offered no response when approached by AFP.

Zhang now cannot walk or even raise her head without help, according to Reporters without Borders (RSF).

RSF East Asia Bureau head, Cedric Alviani, said the “international community (must) apply pressure to the Chinese regime and secure Zhang Zhan’s immediate release before it is too late.”

“She was only performing her duty as a reporter and should never have been detained, not to mention receive a four-year prison sentence.”

China has revelled in its success in keeping domestic infections down to a trickle of sporadic outbreaks.

The government has put forward a narrative crediting the Communist Party with returning life almost to normal even as death tolls and infections continue to explode in the rest of the world.

But those who threaten the official version by raising questions about the government’s early cover-up and handling of the Wuhan outbreak face the party’s wrath.

Zhang is among a group of four citizen journalists—including Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin, and Li Zehua—detained after reporting from Wuhan. 

Tags: citizen journalistCOVID-19jailedWuhanZhang Zhan
ADVERTISEMENT
AFP

AFP

Related Posts

Cause, ‘people responsible’ for India train crash known

byAFP
June 4, 2023, 6:20 pm
0
8
Cause, ‘people responsible’ for India train crash known

India’s Railway Minister said Sunday the cause and people responsible for the country’s worst train crash in decades had been...

Read more

AI sage: Human extinction threat is  ‘overblown’

byAFP
June 4, 2023, 6:10 pm
0
8
How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet

Ever since the poem churning ChatGPT burst on the scene six months ago, expert Gary Marcus has voiced caution against...

Read more

Hong Kong, China  beef  up security on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

byAFP
June 4, 2023, 6:00 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Hong Kong boosted security around a park Sunday where tens of thousands of people used to gather for an annual...

Read more

Israelis stage mass protest against judicial reform plan

byJeremiah Guanceand1 others
June 4, 2023, 5:00 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Tens of thousands of demonstrators thronged Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities on Saturday for the 22nd consecutive week to...

Read more

Uganda says 54 AU peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

byAFP
June 4, 2023, 4:30 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

At least 54 African Union peacekeepers were killed when militants attacked a  base housing Ugandan units in Somalia last week,...

Read more

Australia to create marine park the size of Spain

byAFP
June 4, 2023, 4:00 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Australia plans to create a marine park almost the size of Spain around remote islands off its southeast coast, the...

Read more

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • Senate working through sine die
  • Diokno backs Maharlika as growth catalyst
  • President appoints veteran broadcaster Puod as acting GM of PTV
  • Villar sees Agrarian Emancipation measure signed
  • Solon: PhilHealth could pay P20.3b for dialysis bills
  • Jinggoy touts passage of 2 ‘significant’ bills
  • Cayetano stresses benefits of sports
  • ‘Set school opening to 1st Monday of June’

Advertisement

Latest News

Jinggoy touts passage of 2 ‘significant’ bills

byMacon Ramos-Araneta
June 4, 2023, 10:10 pm
0
8
72nd Fil-Am Men’s Invitational kicks off with practice rounds

Following the adjournment sine die of the first regular session of the 19th Congress, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has managed...

Read more

Cayetano stresses benefits of sports

byMacon Ramos-Araneta
June 4, 2023, 10:05 pm
0
8
Cayetano stresses benefits of sports

Senator Pia Cayetano believes that supporting sports activities for the youth helps develop their overall health and well-being. She said...

Read more

‘Set school opening to 1st Monday of June’

byRio N. Araja
June 4, 2023, 10:00 pm
0
8
‘Set school opening to 1st Monday of June’

An Ilocos Sur legislator urged his colleagues to bring back the opening of classes in all schools to June. House...

Read more

Kim Chiu reflects on past struggles, embraces success in showbiz

byNickie Wang
June 4, 2023, 9:50 pm
0
8
Leading music distributor expands team in APAC, partners with PolyEast Records

Actress Kim Chiu’s path to success in show business was not without its obstacles. Her journey reflects a story of...

Read more

New KFC store

byManila Standard
June 4, 2023, 9:43 pm
0
8
How chocolate could counter climate change

KFC Philippines executives lead the opening of KFC Cayetano Blvd. Branch in Taguig City. The free-standing drive-thru store at the...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App