A family member of a jailed citizen journalist in China has warned that she may not survive the winter as a result of a 16-month hunger strike and the resultant force feeding. Zhang Zhan, a 38-year-old former lawyer, was sentenced last December to a 4-year prison term for reporting on the early stages of the CCP Virus outbreak in Wuhan. She is now on the brink of death, according to her family. Her Shanghai-based brother Zhang Ju recently bypassed China’s Great Firewall and post more than a dozen tweets about her since Oct. 29. He said Zhang, who’s been on a prolonged hunger strike, now weighs less than 88 pounds, and is in desperate need of medical care. “I don’t think she could last a long time,” Zhang Ju wrote on Oct. 30. “I wish the world would remember what she looks like if she fails to survive this coming cold winter.” …
Jailed Chinese Journalist Who Reported on Wuhan Outbreak Might Not Survive the Winter, Family Says
November 7, 2021
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