A Chinese court has sentenced the Chinese journalist Zhang Chan to 4 years in prison for publishing investigations into the first focus of the outbreak of the Corona virus in Wuhan, China, a year after the emergence of "Covid-19 ″".
The court convicted Zhang, a 37-year-old former lawyer, of inciting disputes and stirring up trouble and unrest, for posting clips in February that showed overcrowded crematoria and chaos and overcrowding in Wuhan hospitals.
The former lawyer had spoken during her stay in Wuhan about grave human rights violations during the ban imposed on the city in the first months of the spread of the virus.
Ten foreign diplomats and supporters of Zhang tried to enter the courtroom, but police expelled them along with the journalists.
Zhang's lawyers said their client had started a hunger strike since June and was forcibly fed using a nasal tube.
According to official figures, 4 thousand deaths in Corona were recorded in Wuhan, the large city with a population of 11 million people, which is the largest part of the deaths that were counted throughout China between January and May, amounting to 4,634.
The initial Chinese response to the beginnings of the epidemic faced severe criticism, as Beijing waited until January to impose a stone in Wuhan, while the first infections were recorded in December 2019.
Meanwhile, the Chinese police have questioned the doctors who spoke about the emergence of a mysterious virus and accused them of "spreading rumors."
Besides Zhang Chan, three other Chinese journalists, Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin and Li Zihua, were also arrested for covering the same events.