Outrage after Covid-era Chinese journalist Zhang sentenced to prison for second time

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 23: Human rights groups condemn the ruling against Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist facing a second four-year prison term for her reporting on Covid in 2020. In Egypt, a prominent political prisoner has been pardoned after more than a decade in prison as part of the post-Arab Spring crackdown on dissidents. Also: we discover the winners of the Ballon d’Or. Plus, a researcher spots leopard sharks in a mating threesome in the wild for the first time!