Zhang John | Corona virus China: Journalist who reported on the start of Govit-19 in Wuhan is nearing death in prison, family say | Infectious | | The world

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang John, Was imprisoned after registering an application for imprisonment in the city Wuhan After the first diagnosis Corona virus, His family warned that death was imminent.

The 38-year-old former lawyer has been on a hunger strike and has been forcibly fed through nasal passages for several months.

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As his brother warned on Twitter last week, She is so thin, “Can’t survive the winter”Zhang Joo said.

“For her, only God and the truths she believes are counted”, Added the brother.

The woman was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced in December to four years in prison for “disturbing public order.”, Generally charged fees China Political opponents.

In February 2020, this Shanghai lawyer arrived Wuhan, In the center China, To describe the condition of the place a few days after the imposition of severe imprisonment on the metropolis of 11 million inhabitants.

Recorded pictures of patients taken in the crowded corridors of a hospital are just some of the information about the health conditions in the city where the corona virus was first detected.

On Thursday, Amnesty International called for his immediate release Zhang So he “ends the hunger strike and gets the treatment he needs most.”

Reporters Without Borders also called on the international community to press for his release “before it’s too late.”

Unable to contact AFP’s brother Zhang And his mother declined to comment on the situation. The AFP also demanded that those in charge of the prison not want to speak.

A lawyer for the unnamed journalist said the family had asked him three weeks ago to meet him at the Shanghai Women’s Prison, but had not received any response.

Their representatives have no information on the current situation Zhang.

When asked about the issue on Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not provide details about the prisoner’s health.

Wang Wenpin, one of its spokespersons, promised “China is a rule of law”.

“Anyone who violates the law should be punished,” he told the press earlier, considering calls for release. Zhang John They are “anti-Chinese political maneuvers”.

In addition Zhang John, Detained at least three independent journalists (Chen Kyushi, Fang Bin and Li Jehua) after describing the epidemic crisis in Wuhan.

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