China Covid whistleblower Fang Bin back from Jail after 3 years
According to a BBC report, Fang Bin, a Chinese whistleblower who documented the early stages of the Covid outbreak in Wuhan, was released after three years.
Fang Bin, a citizen journalist, was imprisoned for sharing videos of the Covid-affected areas in Wuhan, the pandemic’s epicentre.
As reported by the BBC, he went missing in February 2020 and was sentenced to three years in jail after a secret trial in Wuhan.
He was freed and is in good health, according to the statement.
The video that led to his arrest shows him leaving eight corpse bags outside a Covid hospital in only five minutes. He was arrested but then released.- Later, a video with his message was released.
“All people revolt – hand back the power of the government to the people,” he had demanded, prompting his arrest once more.
Another whistleblower, former lawyer Zhang Zhan, was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced to four years in prison in December 2020.
Campaigners said she was guilty of “picking quarrels and causing trouble.” “Perhaps I have a rebellious spirit… I’m simply recording the truth. “How come I can’t tell the truth?” In an interview, Zhang Zhan stated.
Chen Qiushi and Li Zehua, two more citizen reporters, also vanished in Wuhan in February 2020, although they were discovered months later.
Citizen journalism videos provided a window inside Wuhan in the early months of 2020 when Covid cases were increasing, and lockdowns were in effect. Wuhan was severely strained during its 76-day shutdown.
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