A Chinese blogger jailed for four years for her reporting on the first Covid outbreak in Wuhan has been released from prison, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has confirmed.
The media watchdog shared a video of Ms Zhang saying she had been released on schedule, thanking everyone for their concern.
She was due to be freed last week but friends and supporters were concerned when they were unable to contact her.
A former lawyer, Ms Zhang travelled to Wuhan to document the government’s response to the outbreak in a series of widely-shared online videos.
Media watchdogs and human rights groups had said that Ms Zhang was wrongfully prosecuted.
RSF says her freedom is extremely limited.
In the short video posted online the 40-year-old is wearing pyjamas, standing in a hallway. In a very soft voice she says she was allowed to go to her brother’s house on 13 May.
She thanks people for their concern regarding her wellbeing.
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