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Kinesisk journalist fikk bare 4 måneder i frihet før hun ble tatt på ny

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Hun satt uskyldig fengslet i fire år. Bare måneder etter at den kinesiske journalisten slapp ut, ble hun arrestert på nytt.
Publisert: 19. nov 2024, kl. 13:09 | Sist oppdatert: 9. des 2024, kl. 17:29

Nå må vi stå opp for Zhang Zhan på nytt - signer aksjonen og krev at hun løslates umiddelbart!

Det var i begynnelsen av 2020 at den kinesiske journalisten første gang ble arrestert etter å ha rapportert om utbruddet av covid-19 i Wuhan.

Under det første fengselsoppholdet fryktet man lenge for livet til Zhang Zhan. I protest mot å bli funnet skyldig i å ha rapportert om koronaviruset, begynte journalisten nemlig en sultestreik.

Zhang Zhan gikk kraftig ned i vekt, og veide på et tidspunkt kun 37 kilo.

Slapp ut i mai - fengslet på ny i august/september

Etter fire år i fengsel - hvor hun ble utsatt for tortur - slapp Zhang Zhan ut av fengsel i mai år. Den urettferdige dommen var da ferdigsonet.

Men myndighetene lot henne ikke være i fred selv etter endt soning.

Zhang Zhan ga uttrykk for at hun ble digitalt overvåket. Familien hennes har blitt utsatt for trakassering og trusler.

I slutten av august forsvant journalisten under et besøk i sin hjemby. Senere ble det kjent at hun var blitt arrestert og satt i varetekt i Shanghai, over 1000 km unna hjembyen.

Zhang Zhan er siktet for å "skape bråk og fremprovosere krangler" - dette er det samme som hun ble funnet skyldig i og dømt til fengsel for tilbake i 2020.

Zhang Zhan har ikke gjort noe straffbart og må slippes fri!

Amnesty krever at:

  • Løslater Zhang Zhan umiddelbart og uten betingelser.

  • I påvente av løslatelse, sørger for at Zhang Zhan har regelmessig og uhindret tilgang til familien og advokater av eget valg, og at hun ikke utsettes for tortur eller annen mishandling.

    Signaturene vil bli sendt til politidirektøren i Pudong, Shanghai, Ma Xuebo.

Director Ma Xuebo,
Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau,
655 Dingxiang Road,
Pudong, Shanghai 200120
People’s Republic of China

Dear Director Ma,

I am writing to express my grave concern for citizen journalist Zhang Zhan (张展), who is currently detained at Pudong New District Detention Centre on charges of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ (寻衅滋事罪). These charges are baseless; she has merely exercised her right to freedom of expression and to defend the rights of others.

Efforts by her family to arrange a lawyer have been unsuccessful. After meeting with her family, human rights lawyer Fan Biaowen was taken away by Shanghai police and held in custody for nearly eight hours before being released. Zhang’s family have also faced intimidation and threats from the authorities to prevent them from disclosing details of Zhang Zhan's case to the international community.

Such treatment is deeply concerning given that it comes mere months following her release from prison, after serving an unjust four-year sentence, on 13 May 2024.

In late August, it was reported that she had been taken into custody by police from Shanghai, well over 1000 km away from Gansu, the northwestern province in China. Prior to this, she had been regularly and repeatedly taken in for police questioning while in Shanghai, with some interrogations lasting over 10 hours.

As of 8 October, Zhang Zhan has been detained for over 37 days. Under China’s Criminal Procedure Law (CPL), authorities can detain a person for a maximum of 37 days, after which they must either formally arrest, apply a different article of the CPL, or release them. The lack of further information from law enforcement or judicial authorities raises serious concerns about the legality of her situation and about the risks she may face while in custody, including of torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment.

I therefore call on you to:

• Release Zhang Zhan immediately and unconditionally;

• Pending her release, ensure that Zhang Zhan has regular, unrestricted access to family and is not subject to torture or other ill-treatment;

• Ensure Zhang Zhan has regular, unrestricted access to the lawyers of her or her family’s choice, and that these lawyers can exercise their rights to defend her effectively.

• Stop harassing and threatening her family and other human rights defenders who are supporting this case;

Yours sincerely