A Chinese journalist who was due to be released from prison has disappeared after serving a sentence for reporting on the initial outbreak of coronavirus, campaigners say.
Zhang Zhan, 40, travelled to Wuhan, the pandemic’s presumed origin, as the virus began to spread in early 2020.
She was due to be freed from Shanghai women’s prison on Monday after a four-year sentence, but she has not responded to attempts to contact her. Her family said it was “not convenient” to reply to requests for information, often a sign that people have been put under pressure by the police.
