Free Shi Tao
Free Shi Tao
Chinese journalist, Shi Tao, is serving a 10 year prison sentence for sending an email from his Yahoo! account.
In 2004 Shi Tao sent details of an internal government directive instructing journalists how to handle media coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown to a US-based website.
He was charge with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities' and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Disturbingly Yahoo! China provided account holder information to the Chinese Government which led to his unjust imprisonment.
Prior to his detention journalist Shi Tao had been working for the Changsha-based magazine Contemporary Trade News and had published numerous essays and political commentaries relating to social problems in China.
In April, 2004, Shi used his Yahoo! account to email a US-based website, sharing the details of an internal government directive instructing journalists how to handle media coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Shi Tao was charged with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities" and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. According to the court transcript, evidence that led to the sentencing of Mr. Shi included account-holder information provided by Yahoo! Disturbingly, it has recently come to light that Yahoo! may have also released data which could have contributed to the arrest of another dissident, Li Zhi.
Amnesty International considers Mr. Shi a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and for the legitimate exercise of his right to seek, receive and impart information, as guaranteed in international law and the Chinese Constitution.
Amnesty International believes Shi Tao to be one of several targets of a police crackdown in late 2004 and early 2005. During this period, several rights activists and dissidents were reportedly detained or placed under surveillance in their homes. The reasons for these detentions appeared to be to prevent them from engaging in public activities deemed politically sensitive by the authorities in preparation for the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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Free Shi Tao
Free Shi Tao
Chinese journalist, Shi Tao, is serving a 10 year prison sentence for sending an email from his Yahoo! account.
In 2004 Shi Tao sent details of an internal government directive instructing journalists how to handle media coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown to a US-based website.
He was charge with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities' and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Disturbingly Yahoo! China provided account holder information to the Chinese Government which led to his unjust imprisonment.
Prior to his detention journalist Shi Tao had been working for the Changsha-based magazine Contemporary Trade News and had published numerous essays and political commentaries relating to social problems in China.
In April, 2004, Shi used his Yahoo! account to email a US-based website, sharing the details of an internal government directive instructing journalists how to handle media coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Shi Tao was charged with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities" and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. According to the court transcript, evidence that led to the sentencing of Mr. Shi included account-holder information provided by Yahoo! Disturbingly, it has recently come to light that Yahoo! may have also released data which could have contributed to the arrest of another dissident, Li Zhi.
Amnesty International considers Mr. Shi a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and for the legitimate exercise of his right to seek, receive and impart information, as guaranteed in international law and the Chinese Constitution.
Amnesty International believes Shi Tao to be one of several targets of a police crackdown in late 2004 and early 2005. During this period, several rights activists and dissidents were reportedly detained or placed under surveillance in their homes. The reasons for these detentions appeared to be to prevent them from engaging in public activities deemed politically sensitive by the authorities in preparation for the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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