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Jailed Wuhan Covid-19 Journalist ‘Close to Death’ in Chinese Prison

Jailed Wuhan Covid-19 Journalist ‘Close to Death’ in Chinese Prison

From: Radio Free Asia

Jailed Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is close to death following months of intermittent hunger strikes in protest at her jailing, RFA has learned.

Zhang, 37, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment by Shanghai's Pudong District People's Court on Dec. 28, 2020, and has been eating very little food, rather than refusing anything, to avoid being force-fed by tube.

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