Research status: Details pending / research in progress.
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Verified profile
Zhang Zhan is a Chinese freelance citizen journalist and former lawyer. CPJ and Amnesty document her Wuhan COVID-19 reporting in 2020, a first four-year sentence, release in May 2024, re-arrest in August 2024, and a second four-year sentence imposed on September 19, 2025.
Verified sources
- Committee to Protect Journalists profile
- CPJ, Sept. 19, 2025
- Amnesty International, Dec. 2, 2025
- Amnesty International, May 15, 2026
Research still pending
Original Wuhan video reports and social-media posts; 2020 and 2025 indictment/judgment/appeal records; UN/EU/government statements; trial-access records; multilingual media timeline; family/lawyer statements; photos, video and audio.
Last research audit: August 29, 2026.
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