The ‘defiant spirit’ imprisoned for shooting Wuhan

Earlier today, a Chinese court

punished previous attorney Zhang Zhan to 4 years behind bars for reporting on the Covid break out in Wuhan.

The 37-year-old resident reporter had actually taken a trip separately to the city while it was under lockdown, and also uploaded numerous video clips on the internet she had actually recorded in health centers and also on the roads. She was later on billed with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.

Days prior to her apprehension in May, Ms Zhang talked with an independent filmmaker regarding why she felt it was essential to record what she saw.

The BBC has actually gotten the video footage of what is believed to be Ms Zhang’s last meeting prior to she was restrained.

Video by BBC Chinese and also Andreas Illmer.