By iTnews staff
Amnesty International has issued a report detailing the detainment of 33
people in China in connection with use of the Internet.
Many on the list are political activists and dissidents, including four
members of the China Democracy Party (CDP) and 14 members of Falun Gong, a
spiritual movement that is outlawed in China.
The report also charges IT companies Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Cisco,
Nortel Networks and Websense as having “provided important technology which
helps the Chinese authorities censor the Internet.”
The longest sentence detailed in the Amnesty report is a 12-year gaol term
handed down to Yao Yue, a Beijing graduate student who was tried in December
last year for downloading and disseminating material from Falun Gong web
sites. In three cases those detained have died, said Amnesty, adding that
two deaths were reportedly “as a result of torture.” The third was
attributed to leukaemia.
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=0&Art_ID=11359
Posting date: 3/Dec/2002
Original article date: 2/Dec/2002
Category: Media Reports
