Yahoo helps man get 10 yr sentence

[sasha031]

Dear Supporter,

Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist and poet, logged onto his computer and sent an email. Eight months later, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in jail. Click here to demand his release.In April 2004, Shi Tao sent an email to a U.S.-based pro-democracy website. In his email, he summarized a government order directing media organizations in China to downplay the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Police arrested him and charged him with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities." Authorities used email account holder information supplied by Yahoo! to convict and sentence him to 10 years in prison, where he is laboring in harsh conditions and has inadequate access to medical care.

Amnesty International - backed by thousands of voices like yours - is raising our concerns with Yahoo! about their aiding human rights abuses in China. And we're demanding Shi Tao's unconditional release.
Amnesty International USA <[e-mail]

[sui generis]

1. Here's what I think:

If we had laws that prevented corporations from engaging in practices in foreign countries that they could not engage in here, including participating in removing someone's right to due process and privacy, this would not happen.

Yahoo, instead of agreeing to help the Chinese government participate in human rights abuses in exchange for the right to do business with them would have their freedom to do business with China curtailed unless China allowed Yahoo to operate under principles of human decency.

Instead, it's a free for all. If the Chinese government told Yahoo they had to sacrifice a virgin to the full moon once a month in order to do business with them, Yahoo has clearly demonstrated they would not hesitate to comply.

[UndertheOcean]

2. How can we help ...

I'd hate to send a letter to my districts congressman since he's a republican.sigh..

[sasha031]

3. Go to Amnesty International

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/c.goJTI0OvElH/b.2118059/k.8D0A/Free_Shi_Tao/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?msource=w611poc1&tr=y&auid=2149116

after you sign, become a member.

[UndertheOcean]

4. Thanks ..

I still don't understand how can Yahoo do that.

[UndertheOcean]

5. I just sent the AI email, but it bounced back ?

the content of the bounced email was :

"Delivery Status Notification Inforamtion:
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<[e-mail]>:
The user's space has been used up."