Ronda Hauben on Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:02:27 +0200 (CEST)


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<nettime> Yahoo's role in 10 year prison sentence for Chinese Journalist


The role of Yahoo in convicting a Chinese journalist to a 10 year prison sentence is being debated in the press as it had been debated online
in recent weeks. I thought this would be of interest to those on nettime:

Some articles relating to it include

Chinese journalist Shi Tao sentenced to 10 year in prison for email that Yahoo helped to track
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=248907&rel_no=1

Yahoo's mess of pottage
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/20/news/edbowring.php

A Cooler Look at Yahoo in China
The U.S. portal is getting pilloried for its role in the imprisonment of a
Chinese journalist. The affair, however, isn't so simple
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2005/nf20050921_9883_db065.htm


with best wishes

Ronda


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