The unsatisfactory situation of citizen journalism in China
05 May 2021, 02:56 GMT+10
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): Four citizen journalists were arrested last year for trying to share information about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. On this World Press Freedom Day, a year after their arrests, they are yet to be free.
According to DW, only Li Zehua has appeared in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel on last April. The other three journalists haven t been seen by the public.
Among the three, Zhang Zhan was formally sentenced to four years in prison in December 2020 and has been transferred to the Shanghai Women s Prison. Authorities have not allowed her mother to visit her so far.
World Press Freedom Day Highlights a Deteriorating Press Environment in China, Hong Kong
The United States and the European Union voiced concerns about the deterioration of press freedom in China, to coincide with World Press Freedom Day.
“The United States condemns the use of partial or complete government-imposed Internet shutdowns, among other tactics, to prevent the exercise of freedom of expression online and restrict the ability of independent journalists to serve the public,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a May 2 statement on World Press Freedom Day.
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated annually on May 3 after it was introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993. One of the objectives of the day is to promote the fundamental principles of press freedom and address challenges to media freedom worldwide.
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Media watchdog calls China as biggest jailer of journalists ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 18:05 IST
Paris [France], April 21 (ANI): China continues to take internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to unprecedented levels making it one of the world s worst countries for journalists and the biggest jailer of scribes, according to a latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Al Jazeera reported that in its annual press freedom index, published on Tuesday, the global watchdog also highlighted an increase in repression and attacks on journalists worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The index examines the press freedom situation in 180 countries and territories, and RSF said its data showed that journalism is totally blocked or seriously impeded in nearly three-quarters of the countries evaluated, making it even harder for people to access proper information at a time of a health emergency.
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