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Journalist Group Calls on China to Release 11 Who Supplied Pandemic Photos to The Epoch Times

August 25, 2021
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A journalist advocacy group is calling for the release of 11 Chinese citizens who were detained after providing photos that offered a glimpse into the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times. The 11 are all adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that has been heavily persecuted…

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Imprisoned Chinese Citizen Journalist Not Well, Lawyer Says

August 17, 2021
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese citizen journalist serving a four-year sentence after reporting on the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan is in ill health after staging a long-running hunger strike, according to a lawyer who spoke with her family. Zhang Zhan was hospitalized on July 31 and now weighs less than…

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Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting Virus Outbreak Continues to Go on Hunger Strike

August 5, 2021
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Zhang Zhan is six feet tall yet currently weighs less than 90 pounds due to a prolonged hunger strike. The 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist refused to eat the normal amount of food in prison. Zhang, a Shanghai native, was sentenced to a four-year jail term last December for reporting on the CCP virus outbreak…

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Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting Virus Outbreak Continues Hunger Strike

August 5, 2021
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Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist, is 6 feet tall yet currently weighs less than 90 pounds because of a prolonged hunger strike while in prison. Zhang, a Shanghai native, was sentenced to a four-year jail term last December for reporting on the CCP virus outbreak in China. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus,…

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Chinese Regime Revokes Licenses for Two Lawyers in Detained Hongkongers Case

January 4, 2021
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Chinese authorities revoked two Chinese lawyers’ practicing licenses after they represented two of the 12 Hongkongers who tried to flee on a boat on Aug. 23 last year. While en route to Taiwan, all 12 were intercepted by China’s coast guard and detained in mainland China. Ten of them were placed on trial last week….

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