Two Chinese activists face punishment for posting censored COVID-19 articles ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 06:16 IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Two Chinese activists, who faced a stringent crackdown for reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, are facing punishment after being tried in a Beijing court earlier this week.
According to South China Morning Post (SCMP), Cai Wei and Chen Mei, who pleaded guilty, archived censored articles about COVID-19 and ran an online discussion forum before they were detained in April 2020 and charged with picking quarrels and provoking troubles .
These offenses are being increasingly used to punish a number of activists who contradicted the official narrative on the pandemic.
BBC Launches First Fully-Owned U.S. Streamer With BBC Select (EXCLUSIVE)
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With this week’s launch of streaming service BBC Select, one of the world’s most recognizable media brands is joining North America’s streaming ranks on its own terms for the very first time.
The new platform joins an international channels portfolio that already includes BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First. There’s also Stateside streamer BritBox, BBC Studios’ joint venture with ITV Studios. It’s fair to wonder why a platform like BritBox isn’t merely expanded or even rebranded to cover BBC Select programming, but top brass are confident that there’s enough of the Beeb to go around, and in this case, serve a specific purpose.