surveillance
Call for EU intervention for jailed journalists and
cyberdissidents
Reporters Without Borders has called on European representatives
due to meet Chinese ministers in Beijing on 11 and 12 May 2005 to
raise the plight of three recently imprisoned Chinese journalists and
cyberdissidents.
The organisation wrote to Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European
Commissioner for External Relations and Jean-Claude Junker, prime
minister of Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency, to
intervene at the next EU-China troika on behalf of Zhang Lin, Shi Tao
and Zheng Yichun, charged with posting "illegal" news online.
"It seems to us that the EU which supports the opening up of China
to foreign countries cannot remain unmoved by the case of these three
journalists and cyberdissidents, imprisoned only for wanting to inform
us," it said.
We fully realise that important economic matters will be on the agenda
for this meeting, but we hope that the EU will also take advantage of
this direct dialogue with the Chinese authorities to remind them of
its determination to defend free expression and specifically mention
the cases of Zhang Lin, Shi Tao and Zheng Yichun.
Journalist Shi Tao, held since 24 November 2004, was sentenced on 30
April 2005 to ten years in prison "for illegally revealing state
secrets abroad". He was found guilty of posting on foreign-based
websites an internal message sent by the authorities to his newspaper
(Dang Shang Bao (Contemporary Business News) warning its journalists
against the risks of social destabilisation on the 15th anniversary of
the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Zheng Yichun, arrested on 20 December 2004, is charged with
"subversion" for posting articles calling for reform of the
Chinese political system on foreign-based websites.<!–
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\r\nZhang Lin, arrested on 29 January 2005, was formally charged with\r\n"subversion" in February for posting articles dealing with\r\nhuman rights abuses in China on sites banned by the authorities.
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\r\n"Sixty-two cyberdissidents and 30 journalists are still imprisoned\r\nin the country", Reporters Without Borders pointed out.
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\r\nTroïka UE-Chine : Reporters sans frontières demande à l\’Europe\r\nd\’intervenir en faveur des journalistes et cyberdissidents\r\nemprisonnés
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\r\nDes ministres chinois et des représentants de l\’Union\r\neuropéenne vont se rencontrer à Pékin les 11 et 12 mai 2005.\r\nReporters sans frontières a adressé une lettre à Benita\r\nFerrero-Waldner, commissaire européen aux Relations extérieures,\r\net à Jean-Claude Junker, Premier ministre du Luxembourg, qui assure\r\nla présidence de l\’UE, pour leur demander d\’intervenir en faveur de\r\ntrois journalistes et cyberdissidents récemment emprisonnés :
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\r\n"Reporters sans frontières vous demande de bien vouloir\r\nintervenir, lors de la prochaine Troïka UE-Chine, en faveur de Zhang\r\nLin, Shi Tao et Zheng Yichun, inculpés pour avoir publié sur le\r\nNet des informations "illégales".
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\r\nIl nous semble que l\’Union européenne, qui prône\r\nl\’"ouverture" de la Chine vers l\’étranger, ne peut rester\r\nindifférente aux cas de ces trois journalistes et cyberdissidents,\r\nemprisonnés uniquement pour avoir voulu nous informer. Nous avons\r\ntout à fait conscience que des enjeux économiques importants\r\nseront à l\’agenda de cette réunion. Mais nous espérons que l\’UE\r\nprofitera également de ce dialogue direct avec les \r\nautorités chinoises pour rappeler sa détermination à défendre\r\nla liberté d\’expression et mentionner expressément les cas de\r\nZhang Lin, Shi Tao et Zheng Yichun.”,1]
);
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Zhang Lin, arrested on 29 January 2005, was formally charged with
"subversion" in February for posting articles dealing with
human rights abuses in China on sites banned by the authorities.
"Sixty-two cyberdissidents and 30 journalists are still imprisoned
in the country", Reporters Without Borders pointed out.
surveillance
Call for EU intervention for jailed journalists and
cyberdissidents
Reporters Without Borders has called on European representatives
due to meet Chinese ministers in Beijing on 11 and 12 May 2005 to
raise the plight of three recently imprisoned Chinese journalists and
cyberdissidents.
The organisation wrote to Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European
Commissioner for External Relations and Jean-Claude Junker, prime
minister of Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency, to
intervene at the next EU-China troika on behalf of Zhang Lin, Shi Tao
and Zheng Yichun, charged with posting "illegal" news online.
"It seems to us that the EU which supports the opening up of China
to foreign countries cannot remain unmoved by the case of these three
journalists and cyberdissidents, imprisoned only for wanting to inform
us," it said.
We fully realise that important economic matters will be on the agenda
for this meeting, but we hope that the EU will also take advantage of
this direct dialogue with the Chinese authorities to remind them of
its determination to defend free expression and specifically mention
the cases of Zhang Lin, Shi Tao and Zheng Yichun.
Journalist Shi Tao, held since 24 November 2004, was sentenced on 30
April 2005 to ten years in prison "for illegally revealing state
secrets abroad". He was found guilty of posting on foreign-based
websites an internal message sent by the authorities to his newspaper
(Dang Shang Bao (Contemporary Business News) warning its journalists
against the risks of social destabilisation on the 15th anniversary of
the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Zheng Yichun, arrested on 20 December 2004, is charged with
"subversion" for posting articles calling for reform of the
Chinese political system on foreign-based websites.<!–
D(["mb","
\r\n
\r\nZhang Lin, arrested on 29 January 2005, was formally charged with\r\n"subversion" in February for posting articles dealing with\r\nhuman rights abuses in China on sites banned by the authorities.
\r\n
\r\n"Sixty-two cyberdissidents and 30 journalists are still imprisoned\r\nin the country", Reporters Without Borders pointed out.
\r\n
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\r\nTroïka UE-Chine : Reporters sans frontières demande à l\’Europe\r\nd\’intervenir en faveur des journalistes et cyberdissidents\r\nemprisonnés
\r\n
\r\nDes ministres chinois et des représentants de l\’Union\r\neuropéenne vont se rencontrer à Pékin les 11 et 12 mai 2005.\r\nReporters sans frontières a adressé une lettre à Benita\r\nFerrero-Waldner, commissaire européen aux Relations extérieures,\r\net à Jean-Claude Junker, Premier ministre du Luxembourg, qui assure\r\nla présidence de l\’UE, pour leur demander d\’intervenir en faveur de\r\ntrois journalistes et cyberdissidents récemment emprisonnés :
\r\n
\r\n"Reporters sans frontières vous demande de bien vouloir\r\nintervenir, lors de la prochaine Troïka UE-Chine, en faveur de Zhang\r\nLin, Shi Tao et Zheng Yichun, inculpés pour avoir publié sur le\r\nNet des informations "illégales".
\r\n
\r\nIl nous semble que l\’Union européenne, qui prône\r\nl\’"ouverture" de la Chine vers l\’étranger, ne peut rester\r\nindifférente aux cas de ces trois journalistes et cyberdissidents,\r\nemprisonnés uniquement pour avoir voulu nous informer. Nous avons\r\ntout à fait conscience que des enjeux économiques importants\r\nseront à l\’agenda de cette réunion. Mais nous espérons que l\’UE\r\nprofitera également de ce dialogue direct avec les \r\nautorités chinoises pour rappeler sa détermination à défendre\r\nla liberté d\’expression et mentionner expressément les cas de\r\nZhang Lin, Shi Tao et Zheng Yichun.”,1]
);
//–>
Zhang Lin, arrested on 29 January 2005, was formally charged with
"subversion" in February for posting articles dealing with
human rights abuses in China on sites banned by the authorities.
"Sixty-two cyberdissidents and 30 journalists are still imprisoned
in the country", Reporters Without Borders pointed out.
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ive read somewhere that your site is banned in china. but im in shenzhen and i can access it just fine. thought id let you know…
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