【大紀元9月16日訊】2005年9月14日

緊急行動網路2005年第18號 第1次補充

中國：雅虎公司提供的資訊被用來給記者、詩人、異議作家師濤定罪

國際筆會獄中作家委員會對以下證據感到震驚：網路服務供應商雅虎公司提供的資訊被用來給記者、詩人、異議作家師濤定罪。對師濤的檢控是基於他給紐約某網站編輯的一封電子郵件，列舉了中國當局在六四鎮壓民主抗議十五周年所作的媒體限制。師濤於今年4月27日被以“向國外泄露國家秘密”的罪名判處十年徒刑。

保護記者委員會對師濤的被捕和審判敍述如下：

“長沙的安全局官員于（2004年）11月24日在山西省太原市師濤家附近拘捕了他，幾月前他用電郵列出宣傳部有關天安門鎮壓周年紀念報道給媒體指示的筆記。當局沒收了他的電腦和其他資料，並警告他的家屬對此事保持沈默。

“12月14日，當局簽發了正式逮捕令，指控師濤“泄露國家秘密”。今年4月27日，長沙市中級人民法院給師濤判罪，並處以他十年監禁。

“6月2日，湖南省高級人民法院未經開庭駁回師濤的上訴。”

師濤的母親基於二審不符合中國的刑事訴訟法，已經申請復查。

師濤承認發了電郵，爭辯說那資料並非“國家秘密”。舊金山的對話基金會一個致力於釋放中國的政治犯的團體，已把長沙市中級人民法院的判決書翻譯成英文。根據這個譯本，判決書中揭示了，雅虎控股（香港）有限公司向中國警方提供了詳細資訊，使之能聯繫到師濤的私人電郵戶頭，並使包括所謂“國家秘密”的特定郵件能夠聯繫到師濤的電腦IP。雅虎拒絕提供超出以下聲明的任何細節，它說：

“正像其他跨國公司那樣，雅虎各地方分公司的運作，必須符合所在國的法律、規章和習俗。”

據信雅虎並沒有與中國警方合作的法律義務。

現年37歲的師濤在長沙《當代商報》工作到2004年5月，此後成爲自由記者和自由撰稿人。他是一位元有出版作品的詩人，以在海外中文媒體如《民主論壇》上發表社會評論而知名，並爲獨立中文筆會會員。

師濤被關押在湖南省赤山監獄。

國際筆會抗議關押記者、詩人、異議作家師濤，並呼籲根據聯合國的《世界人權宣言》第十九條立即無條件釋放他。

推薦行動

請將呼籲書寄給中國當局：

抗議關押記者、詩人、異議作家師濤，並呼籲根據聯合國的《世界人權宣言》第十九條立即無條件釋放他。

也請寫信給雅虎公司總裁特裏．塞梅爾：

表示震驚：雅虎公司似乎已經與中國政府檢控記者、詩人、異議作家師濤合謀，而筆會認爲他被關押僅僅是因他合法履行自己的職業；

敦促雅虎公司重新審查其政策，以確保它們不對合法履行言論和資訊自由權構成負面影響，而這種權利是國際權標準尤其是《世界人權宣言》第十九條所保證的。

中國政府地址：

中華人民共和國北京市100032
中華人民共和國國務院轉國家主席胡錦濤閣下

中華人民共和國北京市100020
朝陽區朝陽門南大街10號司法部長張福森閣下

請注意：給中國當局的傳真號碼已不再可用，你也許可以請所在國的中國外交代表來轉送你的呼籲書。

如果可能的話，請把呼籲書複印給你所在國的中國外交代表。

雅虎公司總裁：
Terry Semel
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale
California 94089 USA
Fax: +408 349 3301

（注意：儘管這是與網路服務供應商(ISP)溝通,，我們建議你的呼籲書通過郵寄或電傳，而不用電子郵件。雅虎公司的辦公室每天可能收到數百封電子郵件，呼籲書大概會被刪除。一封傳統列印的信件可能更成功地到達收信人。）

鼓勵各筆會中心考慮將師濤作爲榮譽會員。

若需進一步的資訊，請聯絡國際筆會獄中作家委員會的 Sara Whyatt：
9/10 Charterhouse Buildings,
Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AT, U.K.
電話: +44(0)207 253 3226, 傳真: +44 (0)207 253 5711,
電郵：cmccann@wipcpen.org

（獨立中文筆會獄中作家委員會翻譯）

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International PEN Writers In Prison Committee

RAPID ACTION NETWORK
14 September 2005
Update #1 to RAN 18/05

CHINA: Information supplied by Yahoo! Inc. used to convict journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao.

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is alarmed by evidence that information supplied by the Internet Service Provider Yahoo! Inc. was used to convict journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao. The prosecution of Shi Tao was based on an email Shi sent to the editor of a New York-based Website detailing media restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities prior to
the fifteenth anniversary of the 3 June 1989 crackdown on the pro-democracy protests. Shi Tao was sentenced on 27 April 2005 to ten years in prison for “leaking state secrets abroad”.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) gives the following account of Shi Tao’s arrest and trial:

‘Officials from the Changsha security bureau detained Shi near his home in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, on November 24, several months after he e-mailed notes detailing the propaganda ministry’s instructions to the media about coverage of the anniversary of the crackdown at Tiananmen
Square. Authorities confiscated his computer and other documents and warned his family to stay quiet about the matter.

On December 14, authorities issued a formal arrest order, charging Shi with “leaking state secrets.”

On April 27, 2005, the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court found Shi guilty and sentenced him to a 10-year prison term.

On June 2, the Hunan Province High People’s Court rejected Shi’s appeal without giving the journalist a hearing.’

Shi’s mother has applied for a review of the appeal hearing on the grounds that it did not comply with China’s Criminal Procedures Law.

Shi Tao admits to sending the email, but disputes that the document was a ‘state secret’. The San Francisco-based Dui Hua Foundation, which advocates for the release of political prisoners in China, has translated into English the verdict of the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court.

According to this translation, the verdict reveals that Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd provided Chinese police with detailed information that enabled them to link Shi’s personal email account and the specific message containing the alleged ‘state secret’ to the IP address of his computer. Yahoo! has refused to offer any details beyond the following statement: ‘Just like any other global
company, Yahoo! must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based.” Yahoo! is not believed to be under any legal obligation to co-operate with the Chinese police.

Shi Tao, aged 37, worked for the Changsha-based daily Dangdai Shang Bao (Contemporary Business News) until May 2004, when he became a freelance journalist and writer. He is a published poet, and is known for his social commentaries published on overseas Chinese language media such as Democracy Forum (www.boxun.com). He is a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre.

Shi Tao is held at the Chishan Prison, Postbox: 101, 413104 Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province.

International PEN protests the detention of journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

Please send appeals to the Chinese authorities:
– Protesting the detention of journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao and calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Please also write to Terry Semel, Chairman of Yahoo!:
– expressing alarm that Yahoo! appears to have been complicit in the Chinese government’s prosecution of journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao, who PEN considers to be detained solely for the legitimate practice of his profession;

– urging Yahoo! to re-examine its policies to ensure that they do not have a negative impact on the legitimate practice of the right to freedom of expression and information, as guaranteed by international human rights standards, notably Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

Government addresses:
His Excellency Hu Jintao
President of the People’s Republic of China
State Council
Beijing 100032
P.R.China.

His Excellency Zhang Fusen
Minister of Justice
10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie
Chaoyang-qu
Beijing-shi 100020
P.R.China.

Please note that fax numbers are no longer available for the Chinese authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for China in your country to forward your appeals.

Please copy appeals to the diplomatic representative for China in your country if possible.

Chairman of YAHOO!
Terry Semel
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale
California 94089
USA
Fax: +408 349 3301

(Note that, despite this being a communication with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), we recommend that your appeals be sent by mail or fax, not electronic mail. The offices of Yahoo! receive hundreds of emails daily and appeals are likely to be deleted. A traditional print letter may have more success in reaching the recipient.)

Centres are encouraged to consider Shi Tao for honorary membership.

For further information, please contact Cathy McCann at
International PEN WiPC, 9/10 Charterhouse Buildings,
Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AT, U.K. Tel: +44 (0)207 253
3226, fax: +44 (0)207 253 5711, email: cmccann@wipcpen.org

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