After a Chinese courtroom sentenced citizen journalist Zhang Zhan to 4 years in jail, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Beijing for the “sham conviction” and known as for her launch. In an announcement, Pompeo mentioned that the United States “strongly condemns” China for the sham prosecution of Zhang. While responding to her jail sentence, Pompeo added that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has proven as soon as once more that it’s going to do no matter it takes to silence those that query its official line.
Zhang was arrested in May for reporting on COVID-19 dealing with within the preliminary days of the outbreak and criticising the authorities for shortcomings. While final month she was charged with alleged dissemination of false data and on Monday she was handed a four-year jail time period by Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Court for “provoking trouble and picking quarrels”. Following her sentence, the highest US official known as on the Chinese authorities to launch the 37-year-old citizen journalist “instantly and unconditionally.
