Zhang Zhan, umugore w’imyaka 42 w’Umukirisitu akaba n’umunyamakuru wigenga wamenyekanye cyane ku isi kubera gutangaza amakuru y’ukuri ku cyorezo cya COVID-19 mu mujyi wa Wuhan, yakatiwe igifungo cy’imyaka ine yongeweho nyuma yo gukatirwa imyaka ine mbere.

Urukiko rwa Pudong mu mujyi wa Shanghai rwamuhamije icyaha cyo "gushyamiranya abantu no guteza akaduruvayo", nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuryango mpuzamahanga uharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu, Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

Zhang Zhan yatawe muri yombi ku nshuro ya kabiri muri Kanama 2024 mu ntara ya Shaanxi, aho bivugwa ko yari ari gufasha umusore w’impirimbanyi ya demokarasi kubona ubufasha mu by’amategeko. Nyuma y’ifatwa rye, yoherejwe muri gereza i Shanghai.

Zhang yari amaze igihe gito arekuwe ku itariki 13 Gicurasi 2024, nyuma yo kurangiza igihano cya mbere cy’imyaka ine yafatiwe muri 2020, aho yari yarafunzwe azira gutangaza amashusho n’amakuru atandukanye yerekeye imiterere y’icyorezo cya COVID-19 muri Wuhan.

Yari yarashyize ku mbuga nkoranyambaga nka YouTube, X (Twitter), na WeChat amashusho 122 agaragaza uko abantu babayeho muri gahunda ya "zero COVID", harimo ibitaro byuzuye abarwayi n’imihanda itarimo abantu.

Ubushinjacyaha bwashinje Zhang gushyira hanze ibitekerezo "byangiza isura y’igihugu", bushingiye ku byo yasangije abantu ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ndetse n’ubuhamya bwibasiye ubuyobozi bw’u Bushinwa ku bijyanye n’uburenganzira bwa muntu.

Zhang Zhan yatangiye kwiyicisha inzara tariki ya 25 Mutarama 2025, nk’ikimenyetso cyo kwigaragambya ku ifungwa rye.

Ihuriro ry’imiryango iharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu ku rwego mpuzamahanga, harimo U.N. Human Rights Office, Reporters Without Borders, na Amnesty International, ryamaganye iki gihano gishya, bavuga ko ari uguhonyora uburenganzira bwo gutanga ibitekerezo no gutangaza amakuru.

Ubutegetsi bw’u Bushinwa bwasubije ko ikibazo cya Zhang ari ikibazo cy’ubutabera bw’igihugu kandi ko "nta mbaraga zo hanze zemerewe kwivanga".

Zhang Zhan, wahoze ari umunyamategeko, yahinduye ubuzima mu 2015 ubwo yahindukiraga ukwemera kwa Gikristo, maze agatangira kurengera abatotezwaga n’ubutegetsi. Kuva ubwo, yakomeje kurangwa n’ubushake bwo kuvuganira abatishoboye no kwamagana akarengane.

Ifungwa rye ryakomeje gukurura impaka zikomeye ku ruhare rw’itangazamakuru ryigenga mu gihe cy’ibibazo bikomeye, n’uruhare rw’ubwisanzure mu gutuma ukuri kumenyekana.

Uyu munyamakuru w’Umukirisitu Zhang Zhan, hano yari afite imyaka 37, yahamijwe n’Urukiko rwa Pudong mu mujyi wa Shanghai icyaha cyo “gushyamiranya abantu no guteza akaduruvayo” kubera amakuru yatangaje ku bijyanye n’icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyatangiriye mu mujyi wa Wuhan.