India, Sept. 21 -- Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was earlier jailed for her reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, has been sentenced to another four years in prison in a separate case, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.

She was released in May 2024 but was detained again three months later in Shanghai over her reporting on human rights abuses, according to RSF.

Prosecutors accused her of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a charge frequently used against journalists and dissidents in China. RSF said diplomats were barred from her trial and details were concealed from the public.

Zhang has been held at Shanghai's Pudong Detention Centre since her re-arrest in August 2024.

RSF said she has be...