called for name verification on all social media profiles saying anonymous accounts and bots spreading misinformation are a national security threat.

Chinese Human Rights Defenders The pronouncement of sentence in court was quite rare and unexpected.In protest of her arrest and indictment.

a vague charge often brought against activists and critics of the government in China.She was fiercely critical of the government for its virus containment measures and eagerly sought answers to the silencing of whistleblowers and other citizen journalists.who was arrested for reporting on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.

are defending Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan.the prosecutor only read out the list of evidence.

Zhangs hearing was supposed to be public.

Zhang Zhans live reports and essays were widely shared on social media.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Despite months of entreaties and alternative proposals.

said a UCLA Health spokesperson in a statement to CBS News about the lawsuit.offering instead to make an in-kind contribution (e.

claiming the company failed to make good on a pledge to donate $50million to the universitys childrens hospital.The toy company pledged to donate $49 million to the childrens hospital in installments over a 12-year period.