The UN, human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned reports that Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist, was sentenced to jail for the second time last week. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a media freedom NGO, said on Saturday that Zhang had been sentenced to four years in prison. Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, said reports of Zhang’s rearrest and sentencing were “deeply disturbing”. He said: “This is the second time Zhang has been convicted and subjected to a custodial sentence for this offence. During Zhang’s first spell in prison she went on hunger strike and there were reports of her being force-fed.