The European Union on Tuesday called on the Chinese regime to release a citizen journalist who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 28, becoming the first known reporter to be sentenced by Beijing for providing first-hand information about the CCP virus pandemic inside China. In a statement, the EU delegation to China cited “credible sources” as saying that Zhang had been subjected to torture and ill-treatment during her detention and her health condition had seriously deteriorated. “It is crucial that she receives adequate medical assistance,” said a spokesperson for the EU delegation. “The restrictions on freedom of expression, on access to information, and intimidation and surveillance of journalists, as well as detentions, trials and sentencing of human rights defenders, lawyers, and intellectuals in China, are growing and continue to be a source …