'Free Press Would Have Prevented Pandemic': Chinese Journalist Jailed for 15 Years for 'Vilifying Govt'

On Thursday, a court in the southern province jailed Chen Jieren for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," extortion, blackmail and bribery, in what one human rights group said was an attempt to "punish him for his political speech on WeChat and other social media platforms."

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