No Freedom of Expression? Chinese Journalist Faces Imprisonment of up to 5 Years For Reporting on COVID-19 Outbreak


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No Freedom of Expression? Chinese Journalist Faces Imprisonment of up to 5 Years For Reporting on COVID-19 Outbreak No Freedom of Expression? Chinese Journalist Faces Imprisonment of up to 5 Years For Reporting on COVID-19 Outbreak 18th November 2020 03:23 pm India.com In another move by China to curb freedom of expression, a citizen journalist from China, who has been detained since May for reporting the COVID-19 outbreak from Wuhan, is facing a sentence of up to five years in jail after she was formally indicted on charges of spreading false information. Zhang Zhan, who is a former lawyer, is...