# Claim 546

The formal charge used against her.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The formal charge used against her.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: Charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble
- About: [incident 2020-china-arrests-zhang-zhan](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-china-arrests-zhang-zhan)
- Source: Journalist Zhang Zhan arrested for covering COVID-19 in Wuhan. https://cpj.org/2020/05/journalist-zhang-zhan-arrested-for-covering-covid/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-05-18

## Quotation from the source

> picking quarrels and provoking trouble

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