Submitting... Zhang Zhan, a 37 year old independent journalist and former lawyer was arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and was charged with disseminating false information last month. Zhan was one of several people in China who travelled to Wuhan to document the outbreak of the pandemic, and in some cases dispute the official narrative being put out across state media in China. Why was she arrested? Zhan had produced videos and posts on social media focussing on the detention of other independent journalists and how families of victims seeking accountability were being harassed, according to the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD).